Man City given clear Arne Slot and Liverpool title reminder as Mikel Arteta and Arsenal left behind

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Manchester City dropped to second in the Premier League table after defeat at Bournemouth with Liverpool the new leaders. Arne Slot's side came from behind to win 2-1 at Anfield and are now two points clear at the summit.

Pep Guardiola's side fell to a disappointing defeat on the south coast as their unbeaten start to the top flight season was ended.

There was also defeat for Arsenal who slipped to a 1-0 loss to Newcastle United in the lunchtime kick off to fall further off the pace.

The Gunners could end the weekend as low as as sixth with their title challenge already seemingly faltering. ALSO READ: Man City response to Kyle Walker anger does Premier League a favour ALSO READ: Man City player ratings as Walker struggles and five get 5/10 in Bournemouth defeat Mikel Arteta's side twice threw away a lead against Liverpool last week and Reds boss Slot referenced that resilience and their come from behind success against Brighton when speaking about his side profiting from Arsenal and City's defeats. “It’s not because they lost, but what I do like is last week we were two times one goal behind against Arsenal, 1-0 and 2-1, and two times we were able to fight back,” he said. “In this game we were 1-0 down at half-time – I think we deserved to be – and then to come back so strongly against a quality team, to come back the way that we did gives me a lot of confidence. “But I also said to the players the 45 minutes of football we played in the first half, that will punish you somewhere.