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Liverpool came from behind to maintain a perfect start to their Premier League title defence as goals from Sadio Mane, Andy Robertson and Diogo Jota saw off a resilient Arsenal 3-1 at Anfield.

The Gunners had also won their opening two league games of the season and hit the champions on the counter-attack to take the lead through Alexandre Lacazette.

But while Manchester City, Chelsea, Manchester United, Tottenham and now Arsenal have all lost in the opening three weeks of the new campaign, Liverpool have taken maximum points to lay down an early marker that they remain the team to beat in the Premier League this season.

The outcome of the match could have been very different had Mane not escaped with just a yellow card for an elbow on Kieran Tierney after just three minutes.
Arsenal followed the game plan that had brought them two victories over Liverpool in recent months as they dropped deep then looked to play around the Reds’ press when in possession.

However, unlike when they met at the back end of last season’s Premier League when Jurgen Klopp’s men had already won the league or the Community Shield in August, Liverpool were far sharper in pulling the Gunners out of position.

Mane was first to threaten with a clean strike from Trent Alexander-Arnold’s cross that was too close to Bernd Leno before Alexander-Arnold’s deflected effort came back off the crossbar.

The only time Arsenal did manage to pierce the Liverpool press before half-time, they opened the scoring completely against the run of play.

Robertson was at fault as he spooned Ainsley Maitland-Niles’s cross into the path of Lacazette, who also failed to make a proper connection but the ball bounced into the ground and looped over the helpless Alisson Becker.

Liverpool responded immediately to level within three minutes as Salah outmuscled Tierney and when his shot was parried across goal by Leno, Mane turned into an empty net.

Robertson them made amends for his previous error as Liverpool’s flying full-backs combined as Alexander-Arnold’s cross was this time converted by the Scotland captain.

However, where Arsenal sides of recent years might have collapsed, as they did in losing 4-0 and 5-1 at Anfield in 2018 and 2019, Mikel Arteta has instilled a new-found belief in the FA Cup winners.

The visitors were more expansive after the break and created a huge chance to level when Dani Ceballos put Lacazette through on goal, but Alisson stood up well to block the French striker’s shot.

Klopp introduced Jota for his league debut 10 minutes from time and the Portuguese international should have sealed the win when he fired into the side-netting from Salah’s excellent through ball.

The Egyptian was less generous moments later when he stole the ball of Jota’s toes and failed to beat Leno.

But Jota did not have to wait long for his first Liverpool goal as a sweetly-struck volley found the bottom corner to show why the Reds spent £41 million ($52 million) to sign him from Wolves.

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Liverpool thrash Tottenham 4-0 to reach League Cup final

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Liverpool thrash Tottenham 4-0 to reach League Cup final

Liverpool dominated Tottenham to overturn a 1-0 deficit on aggregate and book their place in the Carabao Cup final.

Spurs won the first leg, but could not escape the Reds’ ruthless stranglehold in the reverse fixture. Virtually the entire game was played in Tottenham’s half, with the visitors failing muster a single shot on target over the 90 minutes.

Arne Slot’s men were rewarded for their dominance 11 minutes before the break when an unmarked Cody Gakpo fired into the bottom corner from Mo Salah’s cross. Normal service quickly resumed in the second period, with Salah adding his side’s second with an emphatic penalty.

Dominik Szoboszlai capped off a neat move to put the game out of reach with 15 minutes to go, before Virgil van Dijk headed in a fourth soon after. Here, Mirror Football rounds up the biggest talking points from the second leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final.

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Liverpool will be defending the Carabao Cup title in their match up against Newcastle at Wembley in March. The Reds won the competition last year to lift the final piece of silverware of Jurgen Klopp’s reign as manager.

The last trophy Klopp won may well be the first Arne Slot lifts as the legendary German’s successor. The Reds are flying under the Dutchman and Thursday’s dominant win is an ominous warning to Newcastle.

The Magpies did secure a big win over Arsenal in their semi-final tie, but the showpiece at Wembley will represent a much sterner test. Liverpool picked apart Spurs at will and never looked in danger of losing the second leg.

 

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Newcastle crush Arsenal to reach League Cup final

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Newcastle crush Arsenal to reach League Cup final

Newcastle United delivered a commanding performance on Wednesday night, sealing their place in the League Cup final with a resounding 2-0 victory over Arsenal at St. James’ Park.

The Magpies, who had already stunned Mikel Arteta’s men with a 2-0 triumph in the first leg at the Emirates, completed a ruthless 4-0 aggregate demolition to book their spot in the final.

From the first whistle, Newcastle exuded confidence, while Arsenal—desperate to overturn their deficit—struggled to find rhythm.

The Gunners’ early attempts to impose themselves faltered against Newcastle’s well-drilled defence, with Martin Dubravka standing as an impenetrable wall between the posts.

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The home side wasted no time in asserting their dominance. In the 19th minute, Jacob Murphy sent the St. James’ Park faithful into raptures with a clinical finish, capitalising on Arsenal’s defensive lapses.

The Gunners, already teetering, saw their hopes shattered early in the second half when Anthony Gordon pounced on a horrendous error from goalkeeper David Raya, slotting home Newcastle’s second goal in the 52nd minute.

As frustration mounted, Arsenal’s attacking forays lacked conviction. Declan Rice came closest to breaking the deadlock for the visitors in the 89th minute, but Dubravka produced a stunning reflex save to deny him.

Kai Havertz and Myles Lewis-Skelly both had late chances, but Newcastle’s defence remained resolute.

Tempers flared in the closing moments, with Arsenal players collecting bookings as their desperation turned into frustration.

Raheem Sterling, introduced as a substitute, found himself in the referee’s book, while Fabian Schar and Bruno Guimaraes also picked up cautions for Newcastle.

 

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Trump signs order banning transgender women from female sports

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that prevents transgender women from competing in female categories of sports.

The order provides guidance, regulations and legal interpretations, and it will enlist the Department of Education to investigate high schools thought to be non-compliant.

Republicans say it restores fairness to sports but LGBT advocacy and human rights organisations have described the move as discriminatory.

The order, which goes into effect immediately, largely covers high school, universities and grassroots sports.

A number of sporting governing bodies, including swimming, athletics and golf, have banned transgender women from competing in the female category at elite level if they have gone through male puberty.

According to White House officials who briefed reporters on Wednesday morning, this latest order empowers the Department of Education to investigate how schools implement Title IX, a US law that bans sex discrimination in federally funded education programmes.

An administration official said that the executive order will reverse the position of the Biden administration which in April last year said that LGBT students would be protected by federal law, although it did not give specific guidance on transgender athletes.

“If you let men take over women’s sports teams or invade your locker rooms, you will be investigated for violations of Title IX and risk your federal funding,” Trump explained.

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Additionally, the White House plans to bring in sporting bodies – such as the National Collegiate Athletics Association, or NCAA – to come to the White House to meet female athletes and their parents to discuss concerns.

The official who discussed the order, said the US would do all it could to prevent transgender athletes from competing against females in International Olympic Committee competitions that take place on US soil.

President Trump specified that the order would include the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.

He has said he will deny visas for transgender Olympic athletes trying to visit the US to compete at the LA Games.

Ahead of signing the executive order, Trump declared that “the war on women’s sports is over”, saying that during the LA Games, “my administration will not stand by and watch men beat and batter female athletes.”

He said he would direct the secretary of homeland security “to deny any and all visa applications made by men attempting to fraudulently enter the United States while identifying themselves as women athletes…”

IOC has been approached for comment.

White House officials described the policies as being broadly popular with Americans, and critical to ensuring “fairness” for women in sports, as well as safety.

In a statement, Human Rights Campaign president Kelley Robinson said that the order “exposes young people to harassment and discrimination, emboldening people to question the gender of kids who don’t fit a narrow view of how they’re supposed to dress or look”.

“For so many students, sports are about finding somewhere to belong,” Ms Robinson added. “Not partisan policies that make life harder for them.”

Less than 1% of the population over the age of 13 in the US are transgender, according to a study by the UCLA Williams Institute, and the number playing sports is smaller.

On Trump’s first day in office on 20 January, he signed a separate order calling for the federal government to officially define sex as either being male or female.

 

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