The weekend’s football benefited Liverpool in the Premier League title race. The Reds claimed a fine 2-1 win over Chelsea at Anfield on Sunday afternoon in an entertaining encounter.
That came less than 24 hours after Arsenal suffered their first slip up of the season. The Gunners were surprisingly beaten by Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium, losing 2-0 to goals from Ryan Christie and Justin Kluivert.
That does not tell the whole story though. Arsenal, for the third time this season, had to play for a long spell of the match with ten men after William Saliba was sent off in the first half for hauling down Evanilson as he went over the halfway line.
The defeat, coupled with Manchester City’s late and controversial win over Wolves and Liverpool’s victory over Chelsea, leaves Arsenal trailing in the wake of the other two in the Premier League title race. And two of them do battle at the Emirates Stadium next week.
