Liverpool Fails A Shot On Target For The First Time In Sixteen Years

For the first time in sixteen years, Liverpool failed to register a single shot on target in a Premier League match during their frustrating loss to Arsenal. Mikel Arteta celebrated his first win as Arsenal manager at Anfield, ending his club's fourteen-year league drought at the stadium and pushing the champions three points clear at the top of the table. Kai Havertz scored the early winner, while Liverpool's night turned sour amidst penalty appeals and a post-match booking for Virgil van Dijk. Nineteen-year-old Trey Nyoni made his first Premier League start in a bold move by head coach Andoni Iraola, but the teenager was substituted in the fifty-ninth minute as Liverpool chased the game. Van Dijk even ended up playing as a makeshift centre-forward in the final exchanges as the attack completely ran out of ideas. Iraola admitted his team needs to improve to win these big games, noting that it is still too early for title talk.