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Arsenal v Liverpool LIVE: Premier League result and final score after Leandro Trossard’s late goal

A huge game at the top of the Premier League table as Jurgen Klopp’s leaders Liverpool were beaten by Mikel Arteta’s Gunners at the Emirates Stadium

Chris Wilson
Sunday 04 February 2024 14:31 EST
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Arsenal spiced up an already intriguing Premier League title race as they beat lacklustre leaders Liverpool 3-1 to slice the gap to two points on Sunday.

Arsenal deserved the points although they would not have expected a helping hand from an awful defensive mix-up between Virgil van Dijk and Alisson which allowed Gabriel Martinelli to restore their lead in the 67th minute.

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

Bukayo Saka had given Arsenal an early lead with a cool finish in the 14th minute but a Gabriel own goal on the stroke of halftime undid all of their good work.

Heading for only their second league defeat of the season, Liverpool’s frustrations boiled over as Ibrahima Konate was sent off in the closing minutes for a second booking after a foul on Kai Havertz.

Arsenal’s win lifted them to second on 49 points to Liverpool’s 51 with both clubs having played 23 games. Champions Manchester City, who play on Monday, have 46 from 21 games.

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59 mins: Joe Gomez has moved to right-back with that change. Saka is down at the moment after a Liverpool corner, having tussled with Nunez.

Chris Wilson4 February 2024 17:49
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57 mins: Gabriel is spun and brings down Gakpo. He’s booked for the foul.

Liverpool make their substitutions: Robertson for Alexander-Arnold, Nunez for Gakpo and Elliott for Gravenberch.

Chris Wilson4 February 2024 17:48
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55 mins: Konate is booked for bringing down Havertz, with the German backing into him while trying to bring down a long ball.

Gabriel gets his head to the free-kick, but it runs wide of the right-hand post.

Chris Wilson4 February 2024 17:46
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53 mins: It looks like Robertson, Elliott and Nunez will be coming on. Klopp seems to have seen enough, despite a brighter start to the second half.

Liverpool are starting to threaten a bit though. Diaz is again at the heart of it, but he can’t find anyone with his cross.

Chris Wilson4 February 2024 17:45
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51 mins: Havertz hasn’t had a great game today, and he’s pushed off the ball too easily by Konate as he ran into the box.

Arsenal come again though, with Jorginho finding the German well on the edge of the box. He finds Odegaard, whose deflected shot hits the side-netting.

Chris Wilson4 February 2024 17:43
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49 mins: Arsenal have lost the ball too easily on a couple of occasions here – this time, Saka misplaces a ball and it goes out of play.

It’ll be interesting to see if the swap of Kiwior for Zinchenko was tactical or due to injury, as it seems to have unsettled the Gunners.

Chris Wilson4 February 2024 17:41
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47 mins: Liverpool have probably shown more intensity in the first minutes of this half than the entirety of the first.

Diaz is released down the left but his cross is just missed. Liverpool have the ball again though, and Curtis Jones is at the centre of the action this time, coming in from the left and curling a shot past the far post.

Chris Wilson4 February 2024 17:38
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Kick-off! Jamie Carragher calls it “men against boys” out there in the first half on Sky Sports, while Keane says Liverpool had “no intensity in or out of possession”.

Liverpool make no changes, but Arsenal replace Zinchenko with Jakub Kiwior.

The second half is now underway.

Chris Wilson4 February 2024 17:36
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Arsenal will definitely be the more disappointed of the two sides at half-time.

Liverpool hadn’t really threatened but go in level. Arsenal had created a couple of good opportunities since the goal, but they came to nothing – how they’re crying out for a really lethal finisher.

Liverpool are missing a little more pace and presence in attack, and they’re getting overrun in midfield. Bringing Nunez on would make sense, but Szoboszlai seems a real miss in the middle of the park.

Chris Wilson4 February 2024 17:32
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On second look, it’s difficult to know who to blame for Liverpool’s goal. Saliba did well to shepherd Diaz away from the ball, but maybe he should have just cleared it. Perhaps Raya should have come to collect.

Diaz tries the cutback and it comes off Gabriel and rolls into the net!

Chris Wilson4 February 2024 17:27

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