Dominik Szoboszlai’s thumping long-range free kick earned Liverpool a vital 1–0 victory over Premier League title rivals Arsenal at Anfield on Sunday afternoon. The reigning champions had been unconvincing victors in clashes with Bournemouth and ...

Such is the expectancy around Arsenal now, a 1-0 loss to a bewitching free kick, the kind of sudden inspiration that decides a close and claustrophobic game, hit the team hard. Defeat against one of the Premier League’s ‘Big Six’ rivals is an ...

Ahead of Sunday's top-of-the-table Premier League clash between Liverpool and Arsenal, Arne Slot will have been acutely aware of the threat that the Gunners possessed. Notwithstanding a renewed strength in depth which will almost certainly help the north ...

In 2023/24 the problems came a bit later – in December and January, where in the space of seven league and cup games, Arsenal lost four, drew two and won one. In 2022/23 we had several such dips, including 27 January to 15 February (three defeats, one draw), and 9 April to 20 May (three draws, three defeats and just two wins).

FOOTBALL – Arsenal missed a chance to tighten their grip on the Premier League title race with a 1-1 draw at 10-man Chelsea yesterday, while Liverpool’s Alexander Isak scored his first league goal in a 2-0 win over West Ham United that halted their worst run in more than 70 years.