Soccer-Arsenal Beat Lacklustre Liverpool To Close Gap

LONDON: Arsenal spiced up an already intriguing Premier League title race as they beat lacklustre leaders Liverpool 3-1 to slice the hole to 2 factors on Sunday.

Arsenal deserved the factors though they’d not have anticipated a serving to hand from an terrible defensive mix-up between Virgil van Dijk and Alisson which allowed Gabriel Martinelli to revive their lead within the 67th minute.

Substitute Leandro Trossard then soothed any late nerves among the many Emirates devoted as he secured the victory in stoppage time with a shot via Alisson’s legs.

Bukayo Saka had given Arsenal an early lead with a cool end within the 14th minute however a Gabriel personal objective on the stroke of halftime undid all of their good work.

Heading for less than their second league defeat of the season, Liverpool’s frustrations boiled over as Ibrahima Konate was despatched off within the closing minutes for a second reserving after a foul on Kai Havertz.

Arsenal’s win lifted them to second on 49 factors to Liverpool’s 51 with each golf equipment having performed 23 video games. Champions Manchester Metropolis, who play on Monday, have 46 from 21 video games.

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