Claims extracted
22
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
9%
2 of 22 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
64/100
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40
Sports
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Arsenal eked out its first win at Anfield in 14 years by beating Liverpool 1-0 through Kai Havertz’s first-half goal to climb to first place in the Premier League on Sunday.
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Arsenal → eke → Sunday
Not since 2012 — when current manager Mikel Arteta was commanding the team’s midfield — had Arsenal won at Liverpool’s intimidating home ground.
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Arsenal → command → ground
The curse was broken by Havertz, who slotted home a close-range finish at the back post after a low center across the face of goal by all-action midfielder Declan Rice in the 16th minute.
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who → break → minute
Arsenal then defended doggedly, especially in the first half when the visitors were pinned back by Liverpool, to keep its sixth clean sheet in nine games of a title defense that is going according to plan.
“In the end, that defensive line, the way we stick together, that togetherness we have, is undefeated,” Rice said.
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Rice → defend → end
“It’s nothing I’ve ever seen before.”
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I → ’ → ?
With this eighth victory of the campaign, the Gunners leapfrogged Manchester City into top spot and holds a three-point lead.
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Gunners → leapfrog → lead
Perhaps more presciently, given the uncertainty surrounding City’s future following its guilty verdict for large-scale financial rule-breaking, Arsenal is now five points ahead of third-place Brighton – the only team to defeat the defending champions so far.
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Arsenal → give → champions
The loss breaks a run of five straight wins by Liverpool since its only previous defeat this season — by Man City, also at Anfield on Oct. 11.
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loss → break → Oct.
During the furious onslaught in the final 25 minutes of the first half, Florian Wirtz struck the crossbar with a free kick, Alexis Mac Allister headed over the bar when unmarked and Liverpool had a number of penalty appeals waved away.
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Liverpool → strike → appeals
Ultimately, though, the hosts didn’t have a shot on target all match and stayed in fifth place, already nine points behind Arsenal.
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hosts → have → Arsenal
“Some days it feels like we are at the top,” said Liverpool midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai, “and some days it feels like we are not even close.
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we → feel → top
It takes time to get to the top.”
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It → take → top
Alisson mistake punished by Arsenal
The only goal was avoidable on Liverpool’s part.
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goal → punish → part
Goalkeeper Alisson Becker attempted a short pass out from the back at a goal kick but it got intercepted by Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard, setting up a counterattack.
The ball was fed to the right, where Rice — on the overlap — threaded a cross between Alisson and Liverpool’s defenders, teeing up Havertz for an easy finish to become the all-time leading German scorer in the Premier League.
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Rice → attempt → League
He has 46 goals, one more than former Man City midfielder Ilkay Gundogan.
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He → have → Gundogan
Alisson might have produced a world-class save late on to tip aside a curling shot by Christos Tzolis but it is his early error that will be remembered.
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that → produce → Tzolis
Forgetting about Fleetwood
In the space of five days, Arsenal has been eliminated by fourth-tier opposition in the English League Cup and won at arguably the toughest ground to visit in England.
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Arsenal → forget → England
Getting beaten by plucky Fleetwood Town in a penalty shootout was one of the Gunners’ most embarrassing results in their history, even if it was a largely second-string team deployed by Arteta on Tuesday.
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it → beat → Tuesday
He restored all of his regulars to the lineup on Sunday and they toughed out a huge win in the hardest examination so far in their title defense.
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they → restore → defense
“This is the magical thing about football,” Arteta said.
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Arteta → say → football
“It’s so unpredictable, the next result.”
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It → ’ → result
Arsenal will gain confidence from this and from the sight of Man City losing back-to-back games in the league, against Aston Villa last weekend and Brighton on Saturday.
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City → gain → Saturday
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