The impressive Dominik Szoboszlai’s free kick gave Liverpool First Blood against Arsenal with a 1-0 victory in Sunday’s battle among the favorites of the Premier League title.
A tense fight in Anfield seemed to end at a dead point until the 83 -minute strike of Hungarian said the defenders remain the only side with a perfect record of the first three games.
In the three games, Arne Slot’s men have scored late winners, also surpassing Bournemouth and Newcastle drama.
Liverpool can still be a work in progress after reviewing the team that faced the title last season. But they are still the team to win thanks to a large number of attacker talents capable of the winning moments of the game such as the one that Szoboszlai produced.
Liverpool could even be stronger at the end of the transfer window on Monday while looking to add Newcastle’s restless striker, Alexander Isak, and Crystal Palace’s captain, Marc Guehi, to reinforce his defense.
The Arsenal has backed Mikel Arteta with more than £ 250 million ($ 338 million) in new signings in an attempt to usurp the reds and win the first premiere title of the Gunners since 2004.
The visitors were hindered by the absence of the injured Bukayo Saka and Kai Hvertz. But Viktor Gyokeyes did little to silence the doubts that he can take the passage of a prolific spell in Sporting Lisbon to the Premier League. The Swedish was easily widened by Virgil van Dijk.
To add to the injuries of the Gunners, William Saliba shot within the first five minutes, replaced by the Mosquera Christian. The Spanish Sub-21 International has not yet made a beginning of the Premier League, but was not seriously tested, since the new Liverpool attack fought to click Gear.
Despite the defensive problems this season, Slot again appointed a foreground of the Florian Wirtz club, Cody Gakpo, Mohamed Salah and Hugo Ekitike record firm.
To Arsenal, the arrival of Noni Madueke was not enthusiastically received by fans who even began a petition to block the movement of £ 48.5 million of the Chelsea England international. Realizing Saka on the right wing, Madueke was, with much, the greatest threat of visitors.
Milos Kerkez has had a difficult beginning in his career in Liverpool and Madueke, who lacked the final touch. A desperate Kerkez challenge diverted Madueke’s attack with the best effort of a disjointed first half.
The second half followed the same cautious pattern with both distrustful sides of risking an early harmful defeat in the race for the title.
Liverpool had the ball on the net at the time, just to be denied by the off -game flag.
David Raya gave a sigh of relief after he could not maintain Wirtz’s effort and then stumbled upon Gakpo before Ekitike forced the ball.
Psychological blow
However, Gakpo had diverted before collecting the rebound. That emotion at least gave life to the multitude of Anfield to inspire a late Liverpool impulse for the three points.
Arsenal had not granted this season and something special was needed to break the men of Arteta. The free kick of Szoboszlai immersed himself and snuggled perfectly in Raya’s right to leave the helpless Spanish.
Arsenal had a cry of penalty for Joe Gómez’s challenge about Eberrechi Eze in his search for a draw.
Liverpool remained strong to register its first clean sheet of the season and generate an early psychological blow in the race for the title.
