Dominik Szoboszlai curled home a brilliant long-range free kick to earn Liverpool a 1-0 win over Arsenal in an early-season meeting between two of the likely Premier League title contenders on Sunday.

Manchester City was also expected to be challenging for the championship this season but collapsing to a 2-1 loss at Brighton — for a second straight loss — was another sign that Pep Guardiola's team has lost its aura of dominance.

Little separated Liverpool and Arsenal at Anfield before Szoboszlai stepped up to an 83rd-minute free kick and whipped it into the top corner from about 30 yards (meters).

Filling in at full back in an emergency, the Hungary captain — typically an attacking midfielder — did his best impression of now-departed right back Trent Alexander with a top-quality strike

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