Arsenal finished as runners-up behind Liverpool last season and the clubs have been engaged in an expensive arms race since the end of the season.<\/p>\n
A host of high-profile signings aimed at tilting the balance of power in the title race have arrived at Anfield and the Emirates Stadium.<\/p>\n
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Liverpool\u2019s Florian Wirtz and Hugo Ekitike and Arsenal\u2019s Martin Zubimendi and Viktor Gyokeres had their chance to shine under the spotlight on Sunday.<\/p>\n
None of the new additions dazzled. Szoboszlai, deployed out of position at right-back, delivered the defining moment.<\/p>\n
Zubimendi fouled Curtis Jones 25 yards from goal and Szoboszlai stepped up with a masterful finish.<\/p>\n
Liverpool, who have the only 100 per cent record in the top tier, go into the international break in a familiar position on top of the table as they chase a record 21st English title.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you win against a team like Arsenal, who last season were such a good team and have strengthened so much, it is very positive,\u201d Liverpool boss Arne Slot said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the end we needed a moment of magic. We will know at the end of the season what it\u2019s worth.\u201d Arsenal must lick their wounds after a result that suggested their bid to end a run of three successive second place finishes is still a work in progress.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m very disappointed with the result,\u201d Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said. \u201cYou cannot dominate here for 90 minutes, it is impossible. At the end of the game, I said we have to find a way to win these big matches.\u201d <\/p>\n
Earlier, at the Amex Stadium, City striker Erling Haaland marked his 100th Premier League appearance with his 88th goal in the competition since joining from Borussia Dortmund in 2022.<\/p>\n
But the 25-year-old\u2019s third goal this season wasn\u2019t enough to help Pep Guardiola\u2019s side bounce back from last weekend\u2019s 2-0 home loss to Tottenham.<\/p>\n
– \u2018Not good enough\u2019 –<\/p>\n
James Milner\u2019s second half penalty hauled Brighton level before Brajan Gruda\u2019s late strike completed City\u2019s collapse.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe concede the goal and after that it shifted,\u201d Guardiola said. \u201cWe made a good hour and then we were not good.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe forgot to pass the ball, just played long balls and we were not good enough. It is what it is.\u201d <\/p>\n
Haaland pierced the Brighton defence in the 34th minute, stabbing past Bart Verbruggen from close-range after Omar Marmoush prodded the ball into his path.<\/p>\n
Matheus Nunes handed Brighton a lifeline in the 67th minute. Lewis Dunk shrugged off Bernardo Silva\u2019s attempt to mark him and blasted a shot that Nunes blocked with his arm away from his body.<\/p>\n
Milner sent James Trafford the wrong way with a clinical penalty before copying Diogo Jota\u2019s goal celebration in tribute to his former Liverpool teammate who died in a car crash in July.<\/p>\n
It was the 39-year-old\u2019s first Premier League goal since 2019, making him the second oldest scorer in the competition\u2019s history behind Teddy Sheringham, who was 40 when he set the record.<\/p>\n
City were in disarray and German youngster Gruda made them pay in the 89th minute, breaking into the area before delivering a composed finish to spark wild celebrations.<\/p>\n
Elsewhere on Sunday, West Ham eased the pressure on boss Graham Potter with a 3-0 win at Nottingham Forest.<\/p>\n
Potter had faced calls for his sacking after West Ham conceded eight goals in two successive top-flight defeats, then crashed out of the League Cup at Wolves.<\/p>\n
Former Chelsea and Brighton boss Potter, who has only been in charge of West Ham since January, may have earned a stay of execution thanks to three goals in the last six minutes from Jarrod Bowen, Lucas Paqueta and Callum Wilson.<\/p>\n
Aston Villa\u2019s winless start continued with a 3-0 home defeat to Crystal Palace. Jean-Philippe Mateta, Marc Guehi and Ismaila Sarr struck for the Eagles as Villa missed the presence of goalkeeper Emi Martinez.<\/p>\n
The Argentine was absent from the Villa squad amid speculation he could make a transfer deadline day move to Manchester United on Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dominik Szoboszlai\u2019s brilliant free-kick fired Liverpool to a dramatic 1-0 win over title rivals Arsenal, while Manchester City…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":109527,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[64,63,78343,24424,55835,78334,11997,78335,11111,78337,65436,78341,6275,78339,2057,25559,6246,78336,78344,12028,31707,78342,78347,8099,11378,78345,11999,78349,8316,3583,78338,1614,85,78346,78340,22294,23063,3586,78348],"class_list":["post-109526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bernardo-silva","tag-borussia-dortmund","tag-brighton","tag-brilliant-free-kick","tag-callum-wilson","tag-city-striker","tag-curtis-jones","tag-david-raya","tag-defining-moment","tag-english-title","tag-epic-scenes","tag-erling-haaland","tag-europe","tag-familiar-position","tag-football-news","tag-german-youngster","tag-goal-celebration","tag-graham-potter","tag-home-loss","tag-international-break","tag-james-milner","tag-james-trafford","tag-leading-contenders","tag-lewis-dunk","tag-manchester-city-football-club","tag-masterful-finish","tag-mikel-arteta","tag-northern-europe","tag-place-finishes","tag-premier-league","tag-sports","tag-successive-league-victory","tag-teddy-sheringham","tag-title-race","tag-title-rivals","tag-united-kingdom","tag-video-highlights"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109526\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}