Premier League title race drama: Liverpool win, Arsenal draw; rare 147 break at Masters
Nottingham Forest could soon emerge as the Reds’ main title challengers after a potentially pivotal Saturday of football in England
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Can anyone stop Liverpool?
Darwin Nunez was Arne Slot’s hero with two stoppage-time goals as the Reds won 2-0 at Brentford.
Back-to-back draws for Liverpool in their last two English Premier League matches looked like becoming three on the spin to give neutrals hope this “mini crisis” could see a genuine title fight.
But Nunez had other ideas: his first came in the 91st minute, before he added a second two minutes later.
Victory opened up a seven-point lead over second place Arsenal – with a game in hand. And Liverpool’s day was made even sweeter as the Gunners blew a two-goal lead draw 2-2 at home to former manager Unai Emery’s Aston Villa.
Gabriel Martinelli and Kai Havertz had seemingly put the hosts in control before Youri Tielemans and Ollie Watkins pulled the visitors level as the Villans looked to thwart Arsenal’s title hopes for a second successive season.
Elsewhere in England’s top flight, Newcastle’s winning run was emphatically ended as Justin Kluivert’s hat-trick inspired Bournemouth to a 4-1 victory at St James’ Park, while Graham Potter’s West Ham were beaten 2-0 at home by Crystal Palace.