Arsenal returned to the top of the Premier League and plunged Liverpool into turmoil as Bukayo Saka’s double sealed a thrilling 3-2 win on Sunday. Mikel ArtetaThe side emerged as title challengers and this hard-earned success at Emirates Stadium was another important statement of intent. The Gunners took the lead in the first minute Gabriel Martinelli first Darwin Nunejo Equals for Liverpool. Saka put Arsenal back in front late in the first half. Although Roberto Firmino equalized after the interval, Saka’s mindless penalty sealing Arsenal’s eighth win in nine league matches.
The Gunners are one point ahead of champions Manchester City, who took pole position with a win over Southampton on Saturday.
Last weekend’s 3-1 win over Tottenham added to the feeling that Arteta has made a team worth taking seriously. The way he denied being denied by Liverpool underscored that notion.
While Arsenal are up, Liverpool are in turmoil after their worst start in 10 years.
Without a win in their last three league games, Jurgen Klopp’s men are 14 points behind 10th-placed Arsenal. They appear to be a shadow of the side that came in two matches of an unprecedented quadruple last season.
Those painful close to the Premier League title race and the Champions League final appears to have left Liverpool with a hangover.
Klopp had already admitted that he was unlikely to win the title after such a disappointing start and some would now disagree.
Although Klopp has dismissed claims that his intense management style has spoiled his players, on the seventh anniversary of the German’s appointment, Liverpool’s sightings with just two wins out of eight league games are shaming.
Responding to Arteta’s plea to show “no fear”, Arsenal stormed into Liverpool as they launched a blistering counter that gave them the lead after just 58 seconds.
Saka led the raid as soon as he chose Martin OdegaardKa runs and Dane passes a pin-point pass to Martinelli, who gets behind Trent Alexander-Arnold For a clinical finish from eight yards.
sucker Punch
It was another brutal moment for Alexander-Arnold amid raging debates about the Liverpool right-back’s defensive flaws and the possibility that he will not feature in England’s World Cup squad.
Liverpool achieved a solid response, setting up a period of sustained pressure that culminated in a 34th-minute equalizer.
Gabriel failed to cut Alexander-Arnold’s long pass and Nunez slammed the ball into Luis Diaz’s path.
Diaz whipped a superb low cross and Nunez slid from six yards to flick his shot off Aaron Ramsdale.
But, despite having spent a lengthy spell on the backfoot after Nunez’s goal, Arsenal took the lead deep into stoppage-time with a devastating sucker punch.
thiago Alcantara recklessly handed over his authority and Martinelli, bursting into the Liverpool area halfway through, teased. Jordan Henderson and Alexander-Arnold before slipping on a low cross which Saka gleefully converted from close-range.
Alexander-Arnold was put out of his misery when Klopp took his place. Joe Gomezo At half-time and for a short time Liverpool were back in the ascendancy.
Firmino, for the injured Diaz, resumed his role as Arsenal’s longtime tormentor with his 10th goal in 17 games against them in the 53rd minute.
The Brazilian was pulled out of the center of the Arsenal defense by Jota’s inch-perfect pass and his fine end in the far corner was matched by the quality of assists.
It must have been the kind of setback in their gloomy recent past that shut down Arsenal.
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But this group is made up of tough stuff and they won it in the 76th minute when Thiago conceded a penalty with his challenge. Gabriel Jesus,
Saka infamously missed a crucial penalty in England’s Euro 2020 final defeat against Italy, but he caught his nerve with an emphatic ending.
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