Liverpool staying on top of the Premier League after Man City and Arsenal lose in a row.

Premier League: Man City suffer first league loss in 2024; Liverpool win against Brighton

City were unbeaten in their previous 32 league games dating back to a defeat at Aston Villa last year.

But Pep Guardiola’s second-placed side saw that streak came to an unexpected end in a 2-1 loss on England’s south coast. 

The Cherries had never beaten City in ทางเข้า ufabet https://ufabet999.app their 21 previous meetings, losing 19 of those matches, yet Andoni Iraola’s team sprang a huge upset to derail the champions’ push for a fifth successive title.

Bournemouth recently damaged Arsenal’s title hopes with a 2-0 win at the Vitality Stadium and they inflicted pain on City as well.

Guardiola had claimed City faced an injury “emergency” after they suffered fitness problems in Wednesday’s League Cup defeat at Tottenham.

Saturday’s narrow win over Brighton. While Manchester City and Arsenal both lost, saw Liverpool reclaim their sole lead at the top of the table.

Despite Manchester City and Arsenal both losing to their rivals in the Premier League last week , Liverpool. Who beat Brighton 2-1 move back to the top of the table. But Arne Schlott admitted that he has other priorities.

“Not because they lost, but what I like is that last week we were 1-0 and 2-1 down against Arsenal twice and we fought back both times,” the Dutchman said.

“In this game we were down 1-0 at half-time, I think we deserved it. When we come back and play better and stronger against a quality team, doing that gives me a lot of confidence.”

“But I also told the players that our performance in the first 45 minutes was punishing us, and we have to show better performance from the start.”