Overview

• Dominik Szoboszlai, playing as a makeshift right-back, struck an 82nd-minute free kick to secure Liverpool’s 1-0 victory at Anfield.
• The win puts the champions on nine points from three matches, three ahead of Arsenal and six clear of Manchester City.
• City fell 2-1 at Brighton after Erling Haaland’s opener, with a VAR-checked James Milner penalty and a late Brajan Gruda goal turning the game.
• Arsenal were without Bukayo Saka due to a hamstring issue, and Martin Ødegaard featured only from the bench after a recent shoulder problem.
• Fitness worries mounted as William Saliba exited early for Arsenal and Ibrahima Konaté limped off for Liverpool, with assessments to follow during the break.