Arsenal end 14-year Anfield wait to leapfrog Manchester City
Kai Havertz's second-half strike earned Arsenal a 1-0 win at Liverpool, their first league success at Anfield since 2012, and lifted them above Manchester City to the Premier League summit.
Arsenal won at Anfield for the first time in 14 years on Saturday, Kai Havertz's goal settling a tight contest that took the Gunners above Manchester City in the Premier League, according to Sky Sports Football.
The 1-0 scoreline flattered Liverpool in one respect, with the hosts denied what appeared to be a clear penalty during the match, Sky Sports reported.
Mikel Arteta's side had not tasted victory on Merseyside in the league since 2012, when Arsène Wenger's Arsenal won 2-0 with goals either side of half-time from Lukas Podolski and Santi Cazorla, as recalled by Yahoo Sports. Arteta himself played in that game, in midfield for the visitors.
That long run without a win at Anfield had hung over successive Arsenal squads, and Yahoo Sports described the manner of this breakthrough as significant given the pressure building on Arteta heading into the fixture.
The Gunners arrived at Anfield having been eliminated from the League Cup on penalties by League Two side Fleetwood Town, a result Yahoo Sports characterised as adding to the scrutiny on the manager before this weekend's trip to Liverpool.
Havertz provided the moment of quality, and Yahoo Sports noted the forward's recent history in high-pressure moments, having scored for Arsenal in the Champions League final before PSG fought back to deny them in that competition.
Victory moves Arsenal three points clear of Manchester City at the top of the table, a dramatic swing from a position where they had trailed City by the same margin since mid-September, Yahoo Sports reported.
City's own slip at Brighton, losing 1-0, was cited by Yahoo Sports as a factor behind Arsenal's rise to the summit, with the result in south-east England unfolding the day before the Anfield fixture.
The result also arrives with the season approaching its midpoint, and Yahoo Sports suggested that a leading position by the end of December would sharpen belief among Arsenal supporters that the club can retain the Premier League title.
Arsenal's immediate task is converting Saturday's win into sustained form rather than tracking City's results, a point Yahoo Sports made in assessing how the Gunners should approach the coming weeks.
Liverpool, by contrast, must regroup after a frustrating afternoon in which the denied penalty added to the sense of missed opportunity at home. Neither Sky Sports nor Yahoo Sports detailed further specifics of the incident beyond confirming it occurred.
With the gap at the top now reversed in Arsenal's favour, attention turns to how both title contenders respond over the run-in to Christmas, a period Yahoo Sports flagged as a key staging post in the Premier League race.