Rampant Arsenal beats Liverpool; Ronaldo nets landmark goal

It must be getting harder and harder for Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta to deny his team is a genuine title challenger in the Premier League this season Still after recording another statement win 32 over Liverpool on Sunday Arteta was sticking to the script They are really strong they have shown that for five years Arteta said in reference to defending champion Manchester City the winner in four of the last five seasonsWe havent done any of that Well if anyone is going to stop City it looks like it will be Arsenal Pegged back twice by Liverpool at Emirates Stadium Arsenal showed resilience and lots of character to recover again as Bukayo Saka converted a penalty in the 76th minute to seal an eighth win in nine league games this seasonAlso Read Letrsquos show that Indian girls can play football Coach DennerbyWe are top of the league was the chant that swept around the stadium after the final whistle with Arsenal going back above City by a point They are in the best moments of their lives Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk said The same cannot be said of Liverpool which dropped 14 points off Arsenal not even a quarter of the way through the seasonWorse for manager Juumlrgen Klopp Luis Diaz left the Emirates on crutches with his left knee in a brace after getting hurt late in the first half and Trent AlexanderArnold was substituted at halftime with a twisted ankle That is the icing on the cake said Klopp whose team has won just two of its eight games in the league and has City up next Liverpool twice came from behind having first conceded to Gabriel Martinelli after 58 seconds Darwin Nuacutentildeez scored the first equalizer and Roberto Firmino the replacement for Diaz canceled out Sakas first goalRonaldos MilestoneCristiano Ronaldo has finally scored in the Premier League this season It was a landmark goal too The 37yearold Portugal striker took his tally in his club career to 700 by netting the winner as Manchester United beat Everton 21 Ronaldo came off the bench in the 29th minute to replace the injured Anthony Martial and scored 15 minutes later running onto Casemiros through ball and driving a low leftfooted shot under England goalkeeper Jordan PickfordIt was Ronaldos 144th goal for United across two spells at the club He also netted 450 goals for Real Madrid 101 for Juventus and five for Sporting Just as in the Europa League on Thursday United had to come from behind to win after Alex Iwobi put Everton ahead with a curling shot from outside the area in the fifth minute Antony equalized in the 15thContentious WinnerGianluca Scamacca is adjusting nicely to life as West Hams new striker Make that a goal in each of his three games over the past week his latest a brilliant but contentious one in a 31 win over Fulham The Italy striker showed his growing composure in front of goal with an audacious chip over Fulham goalkeeper Bernd Leno to make it 21 after bringing the ball down just inside the area almost in slow motionScamacca barely celebrated suggesting he felt something was amiss but the goal survived an initial VAR check for offside and then a second lengthy review of the ball appearing to brush the strikers fingers after he controlled itThe goal was given and prompted a touchline meltdown from Fulham manager Marco Silva who was booked for his angry protests Fulham led through Andreas Pereiras first goal for the club but he gave away the penalty that Jarrod Bowen tucked away for the equalizer Michail Antonio scored West Hams third in stoppage timeAaronsons runIn Brenden Aaronson the United States sure has a talent on its hands heading into the World Cup With a weaving solo run that took him past or beyond four opponents Aaronson helped put Leeds ahead in its match against Crystal Palace The wingers shot at the end of his dribble struck the post and Pascal Struijk converting the rebound Palace rallied to earn a 21 win however with Odsonne Eacutedouard and Eberechi Eze scoring the goals in their teams second victory of the seasonThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever