Arsenal Win To Open Five-Point Gap

[Folami David]

Arsenal moved five points clear at the top of the Premier League thanks to a 2-0 victory over Liverpool at the Emirates Stadium in Saturday's late fixture.
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Santi Cazorla and Aaron Ramsey were the scorers on a day when Liverpool would have gone top had they won.
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Brendan Rodgers's visitors now find themselves back in third place, having briefly been in second on goal difference earlier in the day after Chelsea lost at Newcastle United.
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That made it the most important domestic fixture for both sides so far this season, with Arsenal now facing Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League on Wednesday before travelling to Manchester United next Sunday.
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The game was also given extra spice by Arsenal's pursuit of Luis Suarez over the summer, when the Gunners lodged a bid of £40 000 001 ($63.7 million, 47.2 million euros) in the mistaken belief that it would trigger a release clause in the Liverpool striker's contract.
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Liverpool held on doggedly to a player who was serving a 10-match ban for biting Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic in April and he went into this game having scored six goals in five matches.
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The game began at a frantic pace and Tomas Rosicky forced Liverpool goalkeeper Simon Mignolet into an early save.
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There was quickly a chance at the other end for Jordan Henderson, who robbed Cazorla and was allowed to reach the penalty area before scuffing a weak effort at goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny.