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Mohamed Salah drew level with Robbie Fowler in the Premier League scoring rankings following his goal in the 2-2 draw against Arsenal.
The Egyptian fired in Liverpool's equaliser with less than 10 minutes to go to earn the Reds a point - the same amount Manchester City are now clear at the top of the table.
Meanwhile, Erik ten Hag is under huge pressure once again after West Ham beat Manchester United 2-1 with a 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.
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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 2-2 Liverpool
5 minutes agoBy Joe Brophy
The two sides share the spoils and in the end, it's Manchester City who take full advantage.
The Gunners respond to their disappointing defeat to Bournemouth with a dominant first-half against fellow title rivals Liverpool.
Mikel Arteta's men were deservedly ahead at the break following goals from Bukayo Saka and Mikel Merino.
However, a tepid performance after the restart, not helped by injuries to Gabriel and Jurrien Timber, allowed Liverpool to respond.
And the mounting pressure ultimately proved too big to withstand, as Mohamed Salah struck the equaliser late on.
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11 minutes agoBy Joe Brophy
THE GUNNERS HAVE THE BALL IN THE NET BUT THE WHISTLE HAS GONE!
It's complete chaos as the signal for seven minutes goes up - Jakub Kiwior is adjudged to have climbed onto Dominik Szoboszlai.
However, play continues and Kai Havertz proves too strong for Ibrahima Konate and dinks the onrushing Caoimhín Kelleher.
Trent Alexander-Arnold does enough to squeeze the ball onto the post before the ball is turned into the net on the rebound.
Anthony Taylor's whistle before Havertz got involved has prevented VAR from intervening, should they have wanted to...
A late change is made in response from Arne Slot, as Curtis Jones is replaced by Wataru Endo.
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14 minutes agoBy Joe Brophy
Mohamed Salah has scored 11 goals in 15 Premier League appearances against Arsenal, with only Harry Kane (14) and Wayne Rooney (12) netting more often against the Gunners in the competition.
Only Cole Palmer and Nicolas Jackson (11) and Ollie Watkins and Leon Bailey (9) have combined for more Premier League goals since the start of last season than Salah and Darwin Nunez (8).
Chelsea's Palmer is also the only player with more goal contributions in the Premier League this season than Salah's 11.
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16 minutes agoBy Joe Brophy
The Gunners are not out of this yet - the home side have played most of the second-half as if they have been down to ten men.
But Kai Havertz almost catches out Caoimhín Kelleher with a lofted ball to the back post that Curtis Jones sees behind.
The resulting corner comes out to Gabriel Jesus who connects with a sweet volley from the edge of the box that Kelleher claims.
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22 minutes agoBy Joe Brophy
MOHAMED SALAH WITH A DAGGER TO SILENCE THE EMIRATES!
Trent Alexander-Arnold splits the Arsenal backline with a brilliant ball over the top for Darwin Nunez to latch onto.
The Uruguayan shows unusual composure to steady himself and square it for Salah who buries it past David Raya.
Alexander-Arnold moments before had been jeered by the Emirates crowd for an overhit pass intended for Salah that went out of play.
He responds with a wonderful pre-assist that he celebrates with a gesture to the home supporters.
Mikel Arteta responds by sending on Ethan Nwaneri and Gabriel Jesus for Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli.
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26 minutes agoBy Joe Brophy
Another injury-enforced substitution for the Gunners and youngster Myles Lewis-Skelly is in for a baptism of fire!
The 18-year-old will face Mohamed Salah for the final 20 minutes as Jurrien Timber cannot continue and limps off.
Meanwhile, Arne Slot has been booked for saying something to the officials - this one is threatening to boil over at the Emirates!
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33 minutes agoBy Joe Brophy
Ryan Gravenberch blazes a speculative shot from distance into the stands that sees David Raya booked for delaying the restart.
The Dutchman then attempts to bring down a bouncing ball but his heavy touch invites Leandro Trossard a chance to nip in.
Gravenberch sticks a leg around the Belgian and pokes the ball into the face of Trossard who goes down theatrically.
Somehow he's penalised and Arne Slot goes wild on the touchline!
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40 minutes agoBy Joe Brophy
The momentum in this game has just slowly swung the way of the visitors and the home crowd can sense it.
Darwin Nunez gets crowded out in the box after a game of pinball but Liverpool retains the pressure down the left flank.
It eventually comes out to Trent Alexander-Arnold who chops inside but his deflected shot goes behind for a corner.
It's an awful delivery from Andy Robertson again though and Kai Havertz easily clears at the near post.
That's the Scot's last involvement as he departs as part of a triple change alongside Alexis Mac Allister and Luis Diaz.
Cody Gakpo, Dominik Szoboszlai and Kostas Tsimikas are all sent on in search of a Liverpool equaliser!
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49 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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53 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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57 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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Today, 17:27By 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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Today, 17:23By 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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Today, 17:16By 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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Today, 17:13By 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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Today, 17:07By 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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Today, 17:04By 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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Today, 17:00By 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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Today, 16:57By 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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Today, 16:49By 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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Today, 16:48By 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.
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