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Szoboszlai screamer maintains perfect start: Liverpool 1-0 Arsenal

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For a heavyweight clash the game was fairly unremarkable, Arsenal shading the first half - the reds the much more potent in the second - and it was makeshift right back Dominik Szoboszlai who came up with a real match-winner to take all the points.

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Even when an injured Konate made way later on for Gomez, the reds number two was a more than ample replacement - providing key well timed challenges to ensure the reds saw out the game.





Ekitike thought he had scored in the second half but replays confirmed the offside decision after a cross was essentially bundled in from a scramble at the six yard box.



Arsenal then attempted to up the ante but they had left it too late to throw the kitchen sink at the reds and the exploits of Chiesa and Endo helped see out the game as they took the sting out of the Arsenal threat.



The reds have not been on fire, but they have collected three wins and their first clean sheet in 13 games (including friendlies).



Concerns for the reds are likely to be Konate and Wirtz who were both forced off with suspected knocks.