Arsenal beat Liverpool 1-0 to return to Premier League top

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 1 Nov, 20:32 · Archive

Arsenal won 1-0 at Liverpool through Kai Havertz's goal to go top of the Premier League.

Arsenal beat Liverpool 1-0 on Sunday, with Kai Havertz scoring a close-range finish at the back post in the 16th minute after a low cross from Declan Rice. The win was Arsenal's first at Anfield in 14 years and takes them to the top of the Premier League table.

With this eighth victory of the campaign, Arsenal leapfrogged Manchester City and are now five points ahead of third-place Brighton, the only team to defeat the defending champions so far. Arsenal kept their sixth clean sheet in nine games. Declan Rice said of the team's defence: 'In the end, that defensive line, the way we stick together, that togetherness we have, is undefeated. It's nothing I've ever seen before.'

Liverpool's loss breaks a run of five consecutive wins. Their only previous defeat this season came at Manchester City, also at Anfield. During the first half, Florian Wirtz struck the crossbar with a free kick and Alexis Mac Allister headed over when unmarked, whilst Liverpool had several penalty appeals waved away.

How it is being reported

• One-nil to the Arsenal at Anfield as champs go back topChampions Arsenal have enjoyed a rare win at Anfield to beat Liverpool 1-0 and go back top of the Premier League.Perth Now · 1 Nov, 20:12
• One-nil to the Arsenal at Anfield as champs go back topChampions Arsenal have enjoyed a rare win at Anfield to beat Liverpool 1-0 and go back top of the Premier League.The West Australian · 1 Nov, 20:12

In this story: Arsenal · Liverpool · Kai Havertz · Declan Rice · Manchester City · Brighton · Anfield

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