Premier League
Arsenal are currently top of the table after a 2-0 win against Luton Town
Arsenal’s Kai Havertz (r) prepared Martin Odegaard’s goal to make it 1-0. photo
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Arsenal took the lead in the Premier League three-way tie with a comfortable win against Luton Town. But Liverpool can regain the top of the table on Thursday evening.
Arsenal FC is top of the English league table again, at least for one day Premier League. The team led by German national soccer player Kai Havertz easily won 2-0 (2-0) against relegation-threatened Luton Town and initially pushed Liverpool FC out of first place.
The Reds, coached by Jürgen Klopp, can regain the top of the table on Thursday evening with a win against bottom club Sheffield United.
Arsenal dominated the game in front of their own crowd from the start, but initially hardly threatened to score. Martin Odegaard (24th minute) finally shot the Gunners into the lead with a precise left-footed shot. Havertz provided the assist for his goal. Shortly before half-time, Luton’s Daiki Hashioka (44th) scored an own goal when he tried to fend off a ball from Emile Smith Rowe, who had returned from injury for around a month.
Havertz received a yellow card for a swallow in the second half and was substituted after a good hour. After more changes, not much happened. Arsenal just managed the result and gave Luton more possession. The table 18th. Played along cheerfully, but hardly had any real chances to score throughout the entire 90 minutes and are now three points behind the non-relegation zone.