The hosts had earlier come from two goals down to level, before Dominik Szoboszlai looked to have given Liverpool a valuable three points. But Japanese midfielder Tanaka came off the bench and scored in the sixth added minute, sparking jubilant scenes among the home support. Following a woeful run of nine defeats in 12 games, Arne Slot's Liverpool are now unbeaten in three, but they threw away victory on a day where once again Mohamed Salah watched on from the bench. After the game, club legend Salah made the stunning claim to reporters that he feels as though he has been "thrown under the bus" by Liverpool and that his relationship with head coach Slot has broken down. It remains to be seen if his relationship with the Dutchman and the club can be repaired after such a startling revelation. On the pitch, a goalless first 45 minutes was unmemorable, but the game came to life when Hugo Ekitike scored two goals in three minutes to put Liverpool in control. They looked to have a firm grip but gave Leeds a way back into the game when Ibrahima Konate fouled Wilfried Gnonto in the box. Dominic Calvert-Lewin struck from the penalty spot for Daniel Farke's side before Anton Stach fired an equaliser in the 75th minute. Leeds may have sensed the game was there for the taking, but Szoboszlai finished in style five minutes later. Yet there was one last twist and it came when Tanaka blasted in at the far post from a Leeds corner deep into stoppage time. The draw for Leeds pushes them up to 16th in the Premier League, three points clear of West Ham in 18th, while Liverpool sit eighth.

The build-up to the Premier League match had centered around head coach Ruben Amorim's admission he had "stolen" rival managers' ideas of how to score from set-pieces. It had allowed Manchester United to move alongside Arsenal for the most goals scored via set-pieces this season, while no-one had conceded more than West Ham. There was an element of irony therefore that the visitors should profit from one as Noussair Mazraoui's goalline clearance from Jarrod Bowen's flicked header from a West Ham corner should fall to Magassa, who gleefully smashed home his first goal for the club. It was not enough to take West Ham out of the relegation zone but it did prevent Manchester United moving up to fifth. That was where Amorim's side seemed to be heading thanks to Diogo Dalot's first Premier League goal in more than two years. Dalot took one touch to control a deflected Casemiro shot eight yards out before beating Alphonse Areola with a tidy finish in front of the Stretford End after 58 minutes. But it was a laboured performance from the hosts, who have now won once in their past five games, and the final whistle brought a smattering of boos from the home fans.

Manager Mikel Arteta made three changes to the side that drew with Chelsea on Sunday with Ben White, Noni Madueke and captain Martin Odegaard coming in. And it was White and Madueke who combined in the build up on 11 minutes with right-back White crossing for Arsenal's make-shift front man Merino to head home. Merino has had to play regularly as Arsenal's frontman because of injuries to Kai Havertz, Gabriel Jesus and Viktor Gyokeres and his goal was his 13th in 2025, the most of any Arsenal player during the year. Bukayo Saka added the second in stoppage time after being played through on goal by Merino from midfield, and despite the best efforts of Caoimhin Kelleher, the ball bounced over the line. Brentford were pinned back for large parts of the game but went close to equalising in the first half when Kevin Schade's header from a corner was pushed onto the crossbar by David Raya. The only worry for Arteta was that Cristhian Mosquera and Declan Rice both had to be taken off with knocks. The victory extends Arsenal's unbeaten run to 18 games across all competitions and was also their eighth successive win at home.

Sunderland took a deserved lead after 67 minutes when Chemsdine Talbi's 25-yard shot deflected off Virgil van Dijk and beyond the reach of Alisson. Sunderland had already raised the warning signals - as Alisson was fortunate to turn Trai Hume's shot on the bar in the first half before Omar Alderete headed against the post after the interval. Slot once again left Mohamed Salah on the bench after Sunday's win at West Ham United, but brought the Egyptian on at the start of the second half to try to bring spark into a lifeless Liverpool performance. Alex Mac Allister had hit the woodwork in the first half with a rare Liverpool threat and it took a fortuitous own goal to avoid another damaging defeat when Florian Wirtz's shot was deflected in off Nordi Mukiele with nine minutes left. Sunderland almost snatched victory in stoppage time when substitute Wilson Isidor raced clear but Federico Chiesa got back to clear his shot off the line.

Kylian Mbappe and Eduardo Camavinga put Xabi Alonso's side in control by half-time, before Mbappe scored his 16th league goal of the season to kill the contest. After providing his first assist since joining Real from Liverpool in the summer, Alexander-Arnold went off with an apparent leg issue in what was his fifth appearance since returning from a hamstring injury. In the seventh minute Mbappe expertly controlled a diagonal cross-field pass from Alexander-Arnold, then drove towards the penalty area, brilliantly skipped past two defenders and fired into the right corner. The Frenchman followed that stunning strike by turning provider in the 42nd minute when he headed Alexander-Arnold's clipped delivery back across the face of goal for Camavinga to nod into an empty net. Mbappe scored his second goal of the game just shy of the hour mark with a dipping low effort that caught out Athletic Club goalkeeper Unai Simon. However, victory was marred by injuries to Alexander-Arnold - who missed seven games with his hamstring problem earlier this season – and Camavinga. In the past month Real relinquished a five-point lead at the top of the table with three straight draws, so head coach Alonso will be pleased to now be keeping Barcelona within touching distance. Athletic Club's poor run continued as a seventh defeat in their past 12 league games leaves them eighth in the table with 20 points.