Football
Small margins, heavy calendars: the season starts to bite
Arsenal's 1-0 win at Anfield was decided by one cut-back and defended by two centre-backs, and it left Liverpool nine points adrift in fifth. In Germany, Bayern and Dortmund remain level after a 2-2 Klassiker in which both lost players to injury, while promoted Elversberg sit among the weekend's biggest winners. The Champions League resumes on Tuesday with Atlético-Bayern and United-Roma. With domestic races tight and European fixtures stacking up, squad depth rather than peak performance is becoming the variable that separates the contenders.