Liverpool 0-1 Arsenal: Havertz strike sees Gunners end 14-year wait for Anfield win

Premier League,
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Andrew Madley

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Kai Havertz’s first-half goal proved decisive as Arsenal finally banished their Anfield demons by claiming a 1-0 win over Liverpool.

Arsenal had not won at Anfield since 2012, when Arsene Wenger was still manager and current boss Mikel Arteta was in the starting XI.

But they were excellent in the opening stages on Merseyside as they set about ending their wait for an Anfield victory and moving top of the Premier League following Manchester City’s defeat to Brighton and Hove Albion on Saturday.

Havertz finished off a superb Arsenal move to give them the lead in the 16th minute and, after surviving a period of intense Liverpool pressure that followed in the first half, the Gunners produced another demonstration of their prowess for taking the life out of a game, with Liverpool’s efforts to find an equaliser declining in their menace as the game wore on.

Indeed, Liverpool did not produce an effort on target until the 90th minute when David Raya easily saved a tame far-post header from Victor Munoz, the relative ease with which Arsenal repelled the hosts’ increasingly desperate attacks illustrative of why they are the clear favourites to retain the title.

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