Liverpool hold on to preserve their 100 per cent record. They go top of the Premier League heading into the international break. Arsenal failed to maintain the intensity in the second half, but were undone by Dominik Szoboszlai's stunning effort from 30 yards out. Arne Slot's men get the job done once again. Not convincing, but they all count!

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We have entered the seven minutes of stoppage time! Gakpo is not happy with Timber going down. Arteta looks frustrated on the sidelines!

Szoboszlai breaks the deadlock with a stunning free-kick! Liverpool take the lead with less than 10 minutes of regulation time to go. What a strike from the Hungarian. It whipped and dipped. Raya had no chance to stop that
LIV 1:0 ARS ('83)

Players are having a cooling break as Konate receives treatment. Meanwhile, Federico Chiesa is ready to come on. Joe Gomes will also replace Konate, who seems to be struggling. Ekitike also goes off

LIV 0:0 ARS ('79)

Arsenal make a double change as Odegaard and Eze come on for Merino and Martinelli. It's an Arsenal debut for Eze.

That's more like it from the home side. Curtis Jones, who replaced Mac Allister minutes ago, finds Salah with a great ball. The Egyptian does some fancy footwork before crossing the ball with the outside of his foot. However, Raya intercepts and gathers the ball after juggling it

LIV 0:0 ARS ('66)

Ekitike scores but offside! pic.twitter.com/Qxccsg5zOY

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Hugo Ekitike thought he had given Liverpool the lead but it's ruled out. Wirtz hits an excellent shot on the turn but it is straight at Raya, who spills it and Ekitike was on his heels to bundle that home. Anfield erupts but the joy is shortlived as the Frenchman was offside. Relief for Arsenal.

LIV 0:0 ARS ('61)

Kerkez has done well against Madueke on that right flank! Madueke has looked as the most productive of all the players on the pitch, but Kerkez has somehow managed to contain him. Makes another block to earn applause from the Anfield crowd.

LIV 0:0 ARS ('52)

Mo Salah clips in a lovely diagonal pass that Hugo Ekitike collects and flicks back, but Florian Wirtz isn't anticipating it and Arsenal recover. Wirtz is yet to click this season.

LIV 0:0 ARS ('49)

The second-half is currently underway! Liverpool are on the attack straightaway. It was a cagey first-half. Which team will break the deadlock?

A minute was added to the 45! Meanwhile, Timber was complaining about a possible foul inside the box. I don't think there was much in there. Arsenal came close to open the scoring when Alisson Becker parried away a shot from inside the box by Noni Madueke. William Saliba was taken off five minutes after kick-off after suffering an injury. Ryan Gravernberch was the only player to get penalised in the first-half after he tripped Riccardo Calafiori from behind. Everything except a goal in this first-half!

Raya makes a straight pass, which was intercepted by Virgil Van Dijk. Instead of taking a shot, the Liverpool captain opts to pass. The pass is blocked but falls in the path of Mac Allister, whose shot is then blocked by a group of bodies.

LIV 0:0 ARS ('33)

Ryan Gravenberch finds himself in the referee's book for a cheeky trip on Calafiori. The Dutchman clumsily clipped the heels of the Italian. He gets the first yellow card of the match. 

LIV 0:0 ARS ('29)

Alisson makes the first save of the match to deny Madueke and Arsenal the opening goal. Madueke was quick to get a shot on target after the loose ball fell straight to his path, following a corner. Alisson dived to his right to parry the ball away from danger
LIV 0:0 ARS ('22)

Liverpool have had the slight edge on possession stat (51:49). However, they've not managed to create anything worthy to bother Arsenal. Meanwhile, Kerkez makes an excellent recovery to deny Noni Madueke a crack at the goal.

LIV 0:0 ARS ('19)

A lively start to the match! Proper end to end stuff. Wirtz lashes on to a loose ball and drives inside the Arsenal half. He then lays it off for Salah, who tries to curl one into the box. However, his cross gets blocked.
LIV 0:0 ARS ('9)

Williams Saliba limps off the Anfield pitch as Arsenal have been forced to make an early change. Cristhian Mosquera, who signed in the summer from Valencia for 13 million euros, replaces Saliba inside the first five minutes.

LIV 0:0 ARS ('5)

Liverpool are attacking from right to left in this opening 45. The Reds are currently undefeated in the Premier League after two games, but they have conceded twice in both games. Arsenal, on the other hand, are yet to conceded this season.

Liverpool are winless in the last Premier League games against Arsenal (D4, L2), their longest winless run against the Gunners since they failed to win eight in a row between October 2007 to April 2011. We are just minutes away from kick-off!

Arsenal have scored from 31 set-pieces since the start of last season. That's 11 more than any other side in that period. They also troubled Liverpool in this very fixture last season, which ended in a 2-2 draw.

Michael Salisbury, the official who was scheduled to be the VAR for the Liverpool-Arsenal match, was removed from the list of officials for the match at Anfield. John Brooks has replaced him.

The reason? Salisbury was the VAR who intervened to ask match referee Rob Jones to go to the pitchside monitor after Fulham midfielder Josh King scored what appeared to be the opening goal 21 minutes into the game against Chelsea. The goal was chalked off because Fulham striker Rodrigo Muniz was deemed to have stepped on Chelsea defender Trevoh Chalobah during the buildup to the goal, despite minimal contact.

British media have reported that English soccer's referees' body - Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) - has acknowledged that the decision was an error and the incident did not meet the high bar for intervention as a clear and obvious error.

Fulham lost the game 2-0!

Gabriel skippers the side
Merino into midfield
Martinelli returns to the starting XI
Bring the fight, Gunners

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Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the Premier League clash between the top two sides from last season, champions Liverpool and Arsenal. Only one of them will walk out of Anfield boasting a 100 per cent record.