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Erik ten Hag is under huge pressure once again after West Ham beat Manchester United 2-1 with a deeply controversial late penalty.

Jarrod Bowen scored a stoppage-time spot-kick winner after VAR adjudged 'sufficient contact' from Matthijs de Ligt on Danny Ings.

Elsewhere, Chelsea beat Newcastle 2-1 following another goal from Cole Palmer, while Crystal Palace stunned Tottenham to secure their first Premier League win of the season.

Attention now turns to the Emirates, as Bukayo Saka returns from injury to captain Arsenal against title rivals Liverpool.

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Premier League Gameweek 9 Fixtures

Friday, October 25

Leicester City 1-3 Nottingham Forest - FT

Saturday, October 26

Man City 1-0 Southampton - FTBrentford 4-3 Ipswich Town - FTBrighton 2-2 Wolves - FTAston Villa 1-1 Bournemouth - FTEverton 1-1 Fulham - FT

Sunday, October 27

Crystal Palace 1-0 TottenhamChelsea 2-1 NewcastleWest Ham 2-1 Manchester UnitedArsenal vs Liverpool - 4:30pm

2 minutes agoBy Joe Brophy

The Gunners survive the visitors' latest attack as Mohamed Salah flashes a cross over Darwin Nunez.

Andy Robertson on the opposite flank then stands up a poor cross that is well-claimed by David Raya.

But Arsenal fans' joy is short-lived - Gabriel is down again!

And this time he can't continue, so Jakub Kiwior comes on and now there's neither of Mikel Arteta's first-choice central defenders playing.

Gabriel has headed straight down the tunnel to the treatment room - that doesn't spell good news at all for the severity of the injury!

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6 minutes agoBy Joe Brophy

The Gunners are already without William Saliba due to suspension and now there's worry over his defensive partner Gabriel.

The Brazilian has dropped to the turf and requires some treatment as Jakub Kiwior goes through his paces on the touchline.

Fortunately for Mikel Arteta, Gabriel does manage to return to his feet and manage a slight jog to the byline.

Declan Rice drops into centre-half with Arsenal momentarily down to 10 men but the defender is soon back on the pitch.

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10 minutes agoBy Joe Brophy

The home side get us restarted for what will surely be an enthralling second-half at the Emirates.

Liverpool conceded twice in the first half of a Premier League game for the first time since December 2023 (two versus Fulham), with today being their 33rd league match since then.

What has Reds boss Arne Slot done at the break to change their fortunes and will it be enough to upset Mikel Arteta?

His first-team assistant Sipke Hulshoff is booked almost immediately for protesting a Darwin Nunez foul on Gabriel.

Slot will hope the players on the pitch keep their composure a bit better...

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19 minutes agoBy Joe Brophy

Bukayo Saka has scored his 50th Premier League goal for Arsenal, and he's done it at a younger age than Thierry Henry did.

Saka netted Arsenal's opener against Liverpool, making him the youngest player to hit half a century in the club's history at 23 years and 52 days old.

Henry joined the club at the age of 22 in 1999 and was 24 years and 128 days old when he netted his 50th for the Gunners.

Ironically, Henry hit the milestone against Liverpool too.

Arsenal beat the Reds 2-1 at Anfield in 2001, with Henry netting from the spot in that game.

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24 minutes agoBy Joe Brophy

The whistle sounds to bring an end to an elite Emirates showdown!

Bukayo Saka, on his return to the Arsenal side, blasted the home side in front inside ten minutes with a stunning solo effort.

Liverpool regrouped and hauled themselves level courtesy of their captain Virgil van Dijk who headed home from close range.

But that equaliser ignited a fire at Arsenal, who dominated the rest of the half and deservedly retook the lead before the break.

Mikel Merino became the 9th Spaniard to score in the Premier League for Arsenal.

Only Manchester City and Liverpool (both 10) have had more such scorers.

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31 minutes agoBy Joe Brophy

THE GOAL STANDS!!

An extremely lengthy delay eventually comes to the decision all fans were expecting - Arsenal officially retake the lead!

Mikel Merino's goal is the 27th that Arsenal have struck from set pieces in Premier League since start of last season (excl. pens) - the most in the competition.

Arsenal's 21 headed goals are the most of any side in the competition since the start of last term.

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34 minutes agoBy Joe Brophy

THE GUNNERS' TITLE AS SET-PIECE KINGS HAS BEEN RESTORED!!

Merino should have scored from a Declan Rice free-kick earlier but he makes no mistake this time.

He emphatically plants a header past a stricken Caoimhín Kelleher!

VAR is taking a look for a potential offside but it appears Virgil van Dijk's trailing leg is playing Merino onside.

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40 minutes agoBy Joe Brophy

48 per cent of Arsenal's attacks in this match have come down the right-hand side so far.

Which is a fancy way of saying Bukayo Saka is running the show!

He spins Alexis Mac Allister on his latest surge forward and draws the foul from the Argentine who is then shown a yellow card.

How Arsenal have missed him!

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43 minutes agoBy Joe Brophy

The Gunners are screaming for a spot-kick as Gabriel Martinelli goes tumbling to the ground inside the box.

Ibrahima Konate had made a hash of clearing his lines, with his headed flick falling kindly for the Brazilian.

The Frenchman then bundles into Martinelli, who gets caught between him and a recovering Trent Alexander-Arnold.

Anthony Taylor is uninterested and VAR chooses not to get involved.

It also takes the spotlight off Kai Havertz, who would have made any debate redundant after the loose ball had dropped kindly for him.

But the German cleared the crossbar from just shy of the penalty spot.

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47 minutes agoBy Joe Brophy

The Reds go long once more with Mohamed Salah proving a target man of sorts shielding the ball from Jurrien Timber.

The Egyptian cuts inside and almost squares it for Luis Diaz arriving in the box but Arsenal get numbers back to scramble it away.

Diaz fancies adding to his haul having already been directly involved in seven goals in his nine Premier League appearances this season.

It was the Colombian's touch that led Virgil van Dijk's 17 headed goals in the Premier League, with only John Terry (27) scoring more amongst defenders.

15 of Van Dijk's last 18 Premier League goals have come via his head, whilst each of his last 20 in the competition have come from a set piece.

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50 minutes agoBy Joe Brophy

This fixture could have plenty of goals in it this evening - Mikel Merino wastes an instant chance to restore the Gunners' lead.

The midfielder was unmarked in the Liverpool box to attack a free-kick from Declan Rice but he basically clears the danger for the Reds.

Bukayo Saka then bids to engineer something special from the restart as he drifts inside and shoots just over the crossbar.

With his opener for Arsenal, Saka became the seventh youngest player to reach 50 Premier League goals - and youngest for his club.

He now has 10 goal contributions across his opening eight Premier League games this season - the quickest an Arsenal player has reached that tally since Cesc Fabregas had ten after six games in 2009-10.

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58 minutes agoBy Joe Brophy

THE REDS CAPTAIN DRAWS THEM LEVEL!!

It's a stooping header from close range as the Dutchman reacts quickest to Luis Diaz's flick-on at the near post to turn home.

It was Van Dijk's raking ball intended for Diaz inbehind Thomas Partey that had led to the initial corner.

And Arsenal, known as set-piece specialists themselves, get a taste of their own medicine as Van Dijk draws the visitors' level.

That's his first Premier League goal since February!

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59 minutes agoBy Joe Brophy

CLOSE FROM MOHAMED SALAH!

It's a huge error from Mikel Merino on his home Premier League full debut with the Gunners.

The Spaniard allowed Bukayo Saka's pass inside to roll off his touch into Salah's path who takes a first-time shot from the edge of the area.

But it flies wide of David Raya's goal!

A let-off for the home side, who rarely allow their opponents a way back into Premier League games after taking the lead.

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Today, 16:40By Joe Brophy

BACK WITH A BANG!!

The Gunners captain smashes in the opener inside ten minutes!

Ben White picks out the run of his England teammate in behind Andy Robertson.

Saka then chops back inside by putting the ball between the legs of the scrambling Scot.

He takes half a second to compose himself as Robertson falls to the turf and rifles in his effort into the roof of the net.

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Today, 16:32By Joe Brophy

WE ARE UNDERWAY!

Arsenal head into this game off the back of their first league defeat of the season against Bournemouth.

A Champions League win against Shakhtar Donetsk in midweek will help lift morale, but it wasn’t a convincing victory and now they have a much tougher opponent.

The Reds are sitting pretty at the summit of the top-flight, winning seven of their opening eight league games under boss Arne Slot.

In all competitions, it’s 11 wins in 12 games, which proves that Slot’s men are going to be a force to be reckoned with this season.

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Today, 16:30By Joe Brophy

Gianfranco Zola was at Stamford Bridge for Chelsea's 2-1 win over Newcastle and hailed Cole Palmer before kick-off.

The latter, who has been compared to the Italian for his impact on the Blues, was asked about the praise following the win.

And Palmer gave a meme-worthy response to his knowledge on Zola, which has solely come from his time on the PlayStation.

He told Sky Sports: “I know he is an icon on Fifa so he must have been good.

“Everyone says he was a great player, so thank you.”

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Today, 16:19By Joe Brophy

Matthijs de Ligt was adjudged to have fouled Danny Ings in stoppage time after a lengthy VAR review.

But despite what seemed to be minimal contact, West Ham were awarded a spot kick, sparking immediate questions over why VAR decided to get involved.

Explaining the decision, the Premier League Match Centre posted on social media: "The referee did not award a penalty to West Ham for a challenge by De Ligt on Ings.

"The referee overturned his original decision and awarded a penalty."

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Today, 16:09By Joe Brophy

Where does Erik ten Hag go from here?!

Somehow, he has seen his side not manage to take a point from a game in which they should have had three.

Matheus de Ligt advances straight on referee David Coot to continue his complaints about the penalty decision.

However, there's nothing to be done now as Julien Lopetegui picks up a vital win which sees West Ham go level on points with United.

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Today, 16:06By Joe Brophy

A huge roar from Cole Palmer to the Stamford Bridge faithful as the whistle finally sounds following a lengthy stoppage time.

The Blues hold onto the victory to bounce back from defeat to Liverpool having dominated most of the game.

The overturn of that late Christopher Nknuku made things nervy as the Magpies piled pressure on the box.

But heroic late defending from Reece James to head behind a dangerous cross into the six-yard area got Chelsea over the line.

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Today, 16:03By Joe Brophy

The Eagles have finally secured their first Premier League win of the season.

Jean Philippe Mateta's first-half strike is enough to down Spurs and move outside of the relegation zone.

Palace were full value for their first win of the season, with Eberechi Eze also having a goal ruled out for offside.

Tottenham meanwhile remain eighth and miss the chance to pile the pressure on Arsenal by moving within one point of their rivals.

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Today, 15:58By Joe Brophy

It's all kicking-off towards the end of the 2pm games as the Blues are denied the opportunity to take all three points from the spot.

Referee Simon Hooper initially awards a penalty after Christopher Nkunku goes down inside the box after Dan Burn tugged his shirt.

However, replays showed contact from the Newcastle defender was minimal and VAR send the official to the screen.

Referee Hooper reverses his decision after taking a look at the monitor and Newcastle survive!

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Today, 15:53By Joe Brophy

ANDRE ONANA GOES THE RIGHT WAY BUT CAN'T KEEP IT OUT!

Bowen has surely won it for the home side in stoppage time!

The Irons skipper is the coolest man in the London Stadium as he drowns out the chaos to strike low underneath Onana in the corner.

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Today, 15:51By Joe Brophy

WOW, IT'S A PENALTY FOR WEST HAM!!

HUGELY CONTROVERSIAL!

VAR send referee David Coot to go to the monitor and assess a Matthijs de Ligt challenge on Danny Ings.

United crowd the screen and suggest there was a handball from Ings but their appeals are waved away and a spot-kick is awarded.

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Today, 15:44By Joe Brophy

WHAT A HUGE GOAL THAT COULD BE FOR ERIK TEN HAG!

The Red Devils conceded to Brentford when they were temporarily down to 10 men last week.

They've now taken full advantage of West Ham enduring the same issue after Edson Alvarez needed treatment.

A long punt into the ball is headed back across goal by Diogo Dalot at the back post and substitute Joshua Zirkzee is alive to flick it on.

Casemiro is the quickest to react and nod home from yards out.

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Today, 15:42By Joe Brophy

The Premier League has been treated to two miss-of-the-season contenders in the early kick-offs!

This one from Alexander Isak is not as objectively bad as Diogo Dalot, but considering one's a striker and the other's a defender it might arguably be worse!

The Swede striker gets the better of Wesley Fofana to advance into the box and round Robert Sanchez.

The angle is against him, but Isak does have the chance to shoot or square the ball for his arriving teammates to have a tap-in.

Instead, he decides to cut inside with a stepover which allows Chelsea to get defenders back and clear their lines.

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