Arsenal jumps to the top of the Premier League with victory

Goals from Liverpool’s Trent Alexander-Arnold and Arsenal’s Kai Havertz on Saturday left the defending champions off the top of the table. Liverpool confirmed a 1-1 draw against City at the Etihad Stadium and Arsenal scored a late goal to beat Brentford 1-0.

Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp and Arsenal’s Mikel Arteta look like they will fight City for dominance in England. But there are other threats.

Surprise Tottenham could draw level with second-place City on points with a win against Aston Villa on Sunday. While Villa could tie Liverpool in third place and be one point behind Guardiola’s team.

But it is Klopp and Arteta who have the experience to push Guardiola in the title fight. Liverpool have been the only team to stop City’s dominance in the last six years when they were crowned champions in 2020.

Klopp had to rebuild the club that won every trophy between 2019 and 2022 and this new squad made it clear what it can do by ending City’s unbeaten run at home in the league with Alexander-Arnold’s goal to 80 minutes to tie after Erling Haaland opened the scoring.

“For us, today we passed a test, I’m not sure if it was ‘the test’, Klopp admitted.

The result meant Arsenal could move to the top after last year they were at the top for 248 days before collapsing at the end.

Arteta surely feared the worst in his 200th game in charge of the team as the match progressed goalless at the Gtech Community Stadium.

Havertz sent a header in the 89th minute that changed the atmosphere and confirmed the 1-0 victory.

RECORD

Erling Haaland set a Premier League record by scoring his 50th goal in the fewest games.

It took the Norwegian 48 games and surpassed the previous mark of Manchester United and Newcastle forward Andy Cole, who did it in 65.

CHELSEA WON

Chelsea’s worst defeat under Mauricio Pochettino led to Brazilian striker Thiago Silva apologizing to fans.

“I am devastated,” Silva admitted in a post on the social network X, formerly known as Twitter, after losing 4-1 to Newcastle. “I would like to apologize to everyone for the defeat, especially to my teammates who believe in me and support me every day. “I take full responsibility.”

Chelsea have conceded four goals in consecutive games after drawing 4-4 ​​with Manchester City before the international break.

FIGHT FOR RElegation

The 10-point reduction to Everton was a respite for three teams that were only promoted last season and are fighting not to return to the second division. Burnley and Sheffield United failed to take advantage on Sunday as Luton claimed their first home win and moved four points above the relegation zone with a 2-1 victory over Crystal Palace.

Burnley failed to claim their first home win after West Ham scored two late goals to win 2-1. While Bournemouth beat Sheffield United 3-1.

In the day’s other match, Brighton held on to beat Nottingham Forest 3-2 for their first league win since September 24.

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