Weekend round-up: Havertz ends Arsenal's Anfield drought as Carrick's United sink again

The talking points

Havertz settles it at Anfield

Arsenal had not won a Premier League game at Anfield for 14 years. Kai Havertz ended that run inside the first quarter of an hour on Sunday, tapping in at the back post after Declan Rice drove into the area and cut the ball back. ESPN pointed to a first-half error by Alisson in the move that led to the goal.

Liverpool had 56 per cent of the ball and 17 shots to Arsenal's 10, yet hit the target only once. That gap is the story of the afternoon. Arsenal defended deep and in numbers, with 36 clearances against Liverpool's 22, and Mikel Arteta's side were happy to let the hosts have the ball where it could not hurt them. Liverpool's best moment of complaint came when Jurriën Timber's challenge on Alexander Isak was waved away, a decision Sky Sports felt could have gone the other way.

The result leaves Arsenal three points clear of Man City at the top, and Andoni Iraola's Liverpool nine points behind in fifth.

Carrick's United run out of answers

Man United's 2-0 defeat at Stamford Bridge was their ninth game in all competitions without a win. The match turned within a few minutes of the second half. Morgan Rogers put Chelsea ahead shortly after the break, and Lisandro Martínez was then booked for pulling Rogers back before a second yellow for a challenge on Wesley Fofana in the box. Cole Palmer scored the penalty.

Martínez was off by the 63rd minute and the game was gone with him. Sky Sports wrote that the collapse left Michael Carrick's future in doubt, and by Monday he was being asked whether Roma on Tuesday and Aston Villa on Sunday would be his last two games. He said they would not.

Chelsea, meanwhile, climbed to fourth.

Milan win the derby and Lazio go top

Milan were 3-1 up against Inter by half-time and that was how it finished. Christian Pulisic scored early from Diego Moreira's cross, Adrien Rabiot added a second, and after Alessandro Bastoni headed one back from a corner, Moreira curled in a free-kick just before the interval.

Inter had more of the ball, 57 per cent of it, and 11 corners to Milan's three, but Mike Maignan made seven saves. Cristian Chivu said his side got the start wrong and had been stretched by injuries and illness. It was Inter's first league defeat of the season, after nine games unbeaten.

Lazio took full advantage. Their 2-1 win over Cagliari put them on 28 points, three clear of Inter, and they remain unbeaten after ten games. Roma stay a point further back after winning 5-2 at Udinese.

Kane's miss costs Bayern in the Klassiker

Harry Kane's first game since winning the Ballon d'Or brought a missed penalty that hit the crossbar, and it cost Bayern two points. Konrad Laimer put Bayern ahead before half-time, Serhou Guirassy equalised around the hour and Dayot Upamecano restored the lead soon after, before Fábio Silva scored late to make it 2-2. Dortmund also had a Jobe Bellingham goal ruled out for offside.

Bayern and Dortmund are both on 18 points and both unbeaten, with Bayern top only on goal difference. Vincent Kompany missed the game through illness.

City can't buy a goal

Enzo Maresca said Saturday's 1-0 home defeat by Brighton felt "the same" as the 2-1 loss at Aston Villa a week earlier. Yasin Ayari scored from close range after 11 minutes and City spent the rest of the game camped in Brighton's half without finding a way through.

Maresca said his side "created enough to win the game" but complained they are "conceding silly goals". Brighton are now third.

Player of the weekend

Kai Havertz. His goal at Anfield gave Arsenal their first league win there in 14 years and opened a three-point lead at the top. He also led the line in a game where Arsenal had to defend for long spells, and he did the unglamorous work that made it possible.

Under pressure

Michael Carrick. Nine games without a win in all competitions, a red card that wrecked any chance of a result at Chelsea, and a Champions League game against unbeaten Roma before a trip to Aston Villa. He has been asked directly about his job, and United's form has given him little to argue with.

In Bergamo, Maurizio Sarri was jeered by Atalanta's Curva Nord during Monday's 3-0 home defeat by Parma. Sporting director Cristiano Giuntoli said the squad would go into a retreat together until Sunday.

All the results

Premier League

LaLiga

Serie A

Bundesliga

Ligue 1

Where the tables stand

• Premier League: Arsenal 24, Man City 21, Brighton 19, Chelsea 16. Arsenal's win at Anfield and City's defeat open a three-point gap.
• LaLiga: Barcelona 30, Atlético 28, Real Madrid 27, Real Betis 23. Barcelona's 6-1 win over Alavés, with two goals each for Raphinha and Lamine Yamal, followed defeats by PSG and Real Madrid.
• Serie A: Lazio 28, Inter 25, Roma 24, Como 23. Lazio are top after Inter's derby defeat.
• Bundesliga: Bayern 18, Dortmund 18, Freiburg 16, RB Leipzig 15. The Klassiker draw keeps the top two level.
• Ligue 1: PSG 20, Lille 18, Lyon 17, Paris FC 17. PSG won 5-1 at Le Havre and Lille beat Lens to stay second.

The AI's corner

The AI called 48 league games this weekend. It got three bullseyes: Schalke 0-2 RB Leipzig, Hull 2-2 Ipswich and Brentford 2-0 Nottingham Forest. It had the right result in 21 more, so 24 of 48 in all, and got 24 wrong.

Its best call was Schalke 0-2 Leipzig, spot on in a game Leipzig controlled. Its worst miss was the big one: it backed Liverpool to beat Arsenal 3-1 at Anfield. It also had Man City beating Brighton 3-2 and Leverkusen beating Stuttgart 4-2, both of which went the other way.