Arsenal moved to the top of the Premier League with their first win away to Liverpool in 14 years as Kai Havertz’s early strike secured a 1-0 victory for the Gunners. The defending champions were made to suffer after the German’s 16th-minute opener but held out for what could be a telling win in their quest to retain the title.
⚽ Premier League updates from the 8pm GMT kick-off ⚽ Today’s Football Daily | Live scores | Table | Mail Scott If Everton win this match tonight, they go above Liverpool; if they win it big – five goals big – they leap over Chelsea into fourth spot.
Michael Carrick takes charge of Manchester United for what could be the last time against Aston Villa this weekend as he battles to save his job despite a morale-boosting midweek victory over Roma. Saturday Leeds v Tottenham (1230), Arsenal v Hull, Fulham v Newcastle, Nottingham Forest v Manchester City (1730)
Arsenal had already been denied a penalty just before half-time for a shirt pull on Kai Havertz in the box a week after escaping the same crime against Liverpool at Anfield in a moment of controversy that could have been the major talking point from this match. But Martin Ødegaard had other ideas and the Arsenal captain’s fifth goal of the season was enough to ensure they will go into the international break with a healthy lead over Manchester City.
Brentford’s Mali midfielder stood out when he was six and has shone in the Premier League since £39m transfer “When I first saw him, I thought to myself: ‘Who on earth is this player?’ That’s more or less the impression Sangaré has made at every club he’s played for, including Brentford, for whom the Mali midfielder signed, from Lens, for a club-record £39m at the start of August.
Nottingham Forest v Manchester City: ⚽ Premier League updates from the 5.30pm GMT kick-off ⚽ Live scores | Full tables | Follow us on TikTok | Mail Tom With two defeats in a row for Manchester City in the Premier League, buffered slightly by a midweek Champions League win in Leipzig, a trip to the City Ground where Nottingham Forest are yet to score this season seems quite welcoming.
⚽️ Premier League updates from the 12.30pm GMT kick-off ⚽️ Live scores | Top scorers | Follow us on TikTok | Mail Scott Leeds United: Trafford, Bogle, Justin, Elvedi, Muharemovic, Gudmundsson, Ampadu, Longstaff, Tanaka, Nmecha, Calvert-Lewin. Tottenham Hotspur: Kinsky, Gray, Van Hecke, van de Ven, Robertson, Tonali, Fernandes, Porro, Marmoush, Kudos, Tel.