Arsenal endured their blistering begin to the season with a an important 3-2 victory in opposition to Liverpool to go back to the highest of the Premier League desk on the Emirates Stadium on Sunday.
Gabriel Martinelli struck within the first minute and Bukayo Saka adopted with a brace to sink Liverpool to their 2d Premier League defeat of the season and into tenth position within the desk.
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“In the past two or three years, Liverpool have been a team we have struggled against. To win in front of our fans is special and it shows how much we are progressing,” Saka instructed Sky Sports.
Arsenal began at a frantic tempo and opened the scoring inside the first minute.
Expansive play down the proper wing ended with Saka turning the ball within to Martin Odegaard, who carved Liverpool’s again-line open with an incisive cross which was once latched onto and completed through Martinelli.
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The hosts seemed confident within the early levels, however Liverpool grew into the affair halfway throughout the first part and their larger endeavour was once rewarded 11 mins earlier than part-time, as Darwin Nunez scored his 2d league purpose of the season.
Nunez, who has suffered a gradual get started since signing for a membership-report rate from Benfica in the summertime, clinically tapped house Luis Diaz‘s go to attract the sport degree. Diaz, the supplier, was once withdrawn from the pitch 8 mins later via harm.
And regardless of Liverpool’s upward push, Arsenal loved every other spell of force past due on within the part and had been once more rewarded.
Liverpool had been uncovered down their proper aspect once more, permitting Martinelli to flash a pin-level low go to Saka, who sweeped house previous Alisson.
In a again-and-forth recreation, Liverpool struck again degree 8 mins after part-time. Diogo Jota‘s cross stretched the Arsenal defence and Roberto Firmino dispatched a left-footed strike previous Aaron Ramsdale into the some distance nook.
But standard of Arsenal and Liverpool’s notoriously prime-scoring affairs, there was once but every other twist and it went the best way of the hosts as Arteta’s aspect had been awarded a penalty within the 74th minute when Thiago Alcantara was once penalised for bad play on Gabriel Jesus
Saka doubled his tally, slotting previous Alisson regardless of the Brazilian goalkeeper diving the proper approach.
“We are very disappointed,” Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk stated. “It was a very tough game — we had good moments and bad moments. It was decided by a penalty that was never a penalty but it goes so quickly. We couldn’t get the points.”
Arsenal held directly to overtake Manchester City on the best of the Premier League desk.