Luton vs Arsenal – Premier League: Live score, team news and updates as Declan Rice does it again! £105m man heads Gunners winner in the 97th-minute after they had fallen behind

I had the line typed. I was ready to press publish for full time and Arsenal got it done.

It’s cliche, but that is what champions do, right? Not that they are, but that could well be crucial come the end of the season.

And you have to feel for Luton.

IN THE NINETY SEVENTH MINUTE OF THE GAME. LUTON HEARTS ARE BROKEN.

The build-up is good. Arsenal chnage the angle.

A fantastic cross from the captain Martin Odegaard and it’s Declan Rice – who has had a quiet game ot be honest – who gets above Osho to head home.

Scenes in the away end, on the pitch and in the dugout.

Saka’s corner is cleared.

His cross is then taken off the head of Trossard and Kaminski claims!

Corner Arsenal. Cleared. Back in. Cleared.

It’s backs against the walls for Luton now. Balls flying into the box.

I think Trossard has jus hit the post. Wasn’t close though, Kaminski had it covered. Low effort.

Mpanzu has come off for Clark in Luton’s latest change.

More intricate Arsenal play between Odegaard, Havertz and Trossard but the latter gets the last touch as the ball goes out for a goal kick.

There’s then a ball through to Saka but Kaminski gets there first.

Luton not having much joy on the counter but are defending well.

Kaminski tips Havertz’s header over!

Calls for a penalty on Saka but it’s only a corner.

Prior to that Osho has pulled Gabriel all over the place. There are checks for a penalty.

Yep. That’s 100 per cent a foul on Gabriel for me, but yeah, they’re both cleared.

White’s cross comes in and Havertz flicks it on and it’s so close to finding Trossard.

A shot from distance by Odegaard is gathered by Kaminski.

Great work from Saka on the right… and Trossard should score!

He’s about 10 yards out and fires over via a deflection after Saka had beaten both Morris and Bell.

The resulting corner is cleared – eventually!

There’s still quite a while left in this one but things have gone a little bit quiet all things considered.

Arsenal are growing frustrated with heavy touches from Trossard and Jesus putting an end to goo periods of play.

Isn’t it funny how the setting of a game can make such a difference to the result? You’d bet Arsenal would win this easily at the Emirates, but not the case tonight.

Changes for Arsenal now with Kiwior and Martinelli off for Zinchenko and Trossard.

Surely there’s a winner in this one…

Arsenal are making it scrappy now too and it comes from a long ball towards Gabriel jesus who does really well.

He pokes it back to Havertz, who gets away from Osho and squares us up once again.

Three changes for Luton too, with Morris, Ogbene, and Chong on for Townsend, Adebayo and Brown going off.

WHAT IS HAPPENING?! KAI HAVERTZ!

There’s been a penalty check for Arsenal with Havertz going down under a tackle from Townsend. It takes a while but it’s cleared. The right decision for me.

OH MY WORD!!!!! ROSS BARKLEY!!!!!

Full time at Molineux and Wolves have got the job done over Burnley.

It wasn’t great but the hosts move up to 12th. Burnley disappoint after their big win at the weekend.

Hwang’s goal the diffrence.

We’re back underway between Arsenal and Luton.

Wolves versus Burnley is into stoppage time. Three minutes of it.

Wolves are still leading against Bunley thanks to Hwang’s first half goal.

Burnely’s latest effort comes from a free kick but it’s deflected over.

Would be a really disappointing result for Burnley on the back of Saturday, this.

Another corner for Luton now and they will fancy their chances.

Saliba clears this time. Deep into five minutes of stoppage time now.

Mengi shoots from distance as the ball comes back out but it’s easy for Raya.

Arsenal are back aheaf and this is all about Ben White.

He comes forward on the right, plays a neat one-two with Saka and beats his man before getting his cross in.

The Luton defenders are sleeping and Gabriel Jesus is there to head into the back of the net from just yardds out.

He’s booked after for fouling Barkley but he’ll take it with the goal.

The game of the Gabriels!

Kabore has just had to pause in the run up to take a throw because Arteta was in his way giving instructions. Mental dugout ettiquette, that bloke.

Martinelli is down… and again after a foul from Barkley, who is booked for an incredibly late tackle.

Saka, for the first time since the leveller, gets the chance to run on the right and shoots. Kaminski saves but the effort would have beaten worse keepers

The corner is cleared at the near post at the second attempt, but Adebayo heads the ball onto his own hand. Calls for a penalty, but nothing going.

Arsenal have to do it all over again then in a really tough atmosphere.

This hasn’t been one for the purists but it’s a proper fight.

Adebayo wins a free kick in Arsenal’s half under pressure from Saliba and the hosts again will stick it in the box. Anyw chance they can.

They win the initial header but Arsenal clear on the knockdown.

Arteta’s side probably want half time, to be honest.

Wolves versus Burnley is back underway, by the way.

Kiwior fouls Townsend and Luton have the chance to put another ball into the box. Playing them at Kenilworth Road is just not easy.

It comes to nothing but the newly-promoted team are on top right now.

Big save from Kaminski to deny Martinelli a second, though!

One set piece for Luton and it’s Gabriel Osho!

Doughty’s cross, and Osho loses his man to equalise. Simple as that.

Mikel Arteta will be absolutely fuming.

WELL! THIS WAS NOT IN THE SCRIPT!

Arsenal are ahead and it’s Luton causing themselves issues.

A passback is misp-palced by Osho and Kaminski has to clear for a throw to stop a corner.

Jesus takes the throw quickly and Luton aren’t ready. Saka comes inside from the right and feeds Martinelli, who finishes into the back of the net. Ruthless.

More jeers from the home fans as Ben White mis-reads a pass.

The home fans really are the 12th man here. On top of absolutely everything.

The Hatters are coming into it a bit now with Brown getting one or two good crosses in from the left.

Still no shots on target for either side so far.

A little side fact, Mikel Arteta and Rob Edwards did their coaching badges together. Arteta described his opposing number as a ‘special person’ in the build-up to the game.

Wolves vs Burnley is back underway.

Frustration from Luton fans as Saka this time goes down under pressure from Doughty. It’s a foul, he goes through the back of him.

Luton are doing well here though. No clear cut chances for the visitors so far.

Kai Havertz is receiving some praise from Arsenal fans… who are ironically singing the ‘£60m down the drain’ song!

A bit of a worry for Arsenal with Martinelli down after a knee in the back, but he’s fine to carry on for now. Luton’s free kick is cleared before their fans jeer an attempted long pass from Odegaard which runs out of play. Brown then does the same at the other end.

Kiwior seems to be the one inverting for Arsenal rather than White.

Vincent Kompany’s side will be kicking themselves at the break having gifted the hosts an opener.

They can take solice in their performance in the first half but that wil count for nothing if they don’t hit back in the next 45.

The game is settling into the pattern you’d expect early doors with Arsenal dominating the ball.

Rice sticks in a free kick for Arsenal after Kabore fouls Martinelli but Luton clear.

‘We are top of the league,’ sing Gunners fans.

In all that the teams have made their ways out onto the field at Kenilwoeth Road and we are underway in that one!

Well Burnley have been the better side here but Wolves take the lead through Hwang!

The South Korean is in fine form and has notched his eighth of the season. Berge gives it away as Burnley try and play out, and Cunha picks up the ball in the box.

He shows great composure to feed Hwang, who wasn’t missing his opportunity and slots past Trafford to put his side ahead.

Anyway, there are five minutes until kick off in tonight’s feature game between Luton and Arsenal.

The warm-ups are done and the teams will be out soon.

Can Luton pull off a shock?

Bad news for Burnley. Koleosho has been unable to run off an earleir knock and is replaced by Gudmundsson.

He hurt what looked to be his left knee in a challenge with Bueno earlier on and that is an annoyance for Vincent Kompany.

Some double save from Bentley after that, first from Rodriguez – who should probably score – after Gomes loses it, and then from Brownhill on the volley.

The game as Molineux has picked up massively since the last update and Wolves have almost opened the scoring, again through Sarabia, with Trafford alert to tip Sarabia’s effoprt over.

Burnley have been the better side though, with Koleosho causing problems down the left.

Srabaia has just met Semedo’s and skied it on the half-volley. The best chance of the game.

Koleosho has been down hurt but is alright to carry on.

The Wolves fans are in good voice at Molineux but there little to report regarding chances.

Wolves have had one or two chances on the break with Sarabia the focus to far, firstly failing to release the ball for a good opportunity over the top before almost reaching a long ball over the top.

Neither team has settled so far, but Burnely are getting going as I write…

And Saka will have a special kit tonight to commemorate his 200th appearance.

It would be rude not to outline some of Thierry Henry’s words while he covers Arsenal for UK fans.

He’s praised Edu for sticking through Arteta during an original rough patch. Now, they truly are back among England’s elite and here to stay.

I think Mikel Arteta would have had the sack at another club. But Edu has stood by the coach and has started to put that in motion, the family class and fight. That was Arsenal all day long.

This is what they told me. We are family, we have clas and we have fight. In a good way. I can relate to this team, I used to talk to the boss and say I can’t relate to that Arsenal team. I’m an Arsenal fan and I couldn’t relate to that team.

Bukayo Saka starts for Arsenal again tonight and the match at Kenilworth Road will mark his 200th in a Gunners shirt.

Having joined the club aged seven, he made his debut in November 2018 and hasn’t look back since.

46 goals, and FA Cup, two England Player of the Year awards and a whole lot more to come, I’d imagine.

Our first game of the week is underway in the Midlands.

Arsenal sporting director, Edu, has been speaking on Amazon about Arsenal’s title chances.

Well, he was asked about them at least.

I think we’re doing very well. I see the players with a lot of confidence, I see Mikel in the right place, I see our squad in a very good way and I see the balance in the squad too.

I think it’s quite soon to be talking about those things because so many things can happen between now and the end of the season. The most important thing is to be how we are at the moment. Concentrate on performances, and see how we’re going to finish.

Another Arsenal legend is on punditry, too…

The Arsenal team is pretty much as you’d expect, bar maybe Kiwior getting the nod over Zinchenko at left back. Maybe we can expect White to invert.

Raya, White, Saliba, Gabriel, Kiwior, Rice, Odegaard, Havertz, Saka, Jesus, Martinelli.

Subs: Ramsdale, Soares, Walters, Zinchenko, Jorginho, Elneny, Nketiah, Nelson, Trossard.

Team news is in then for the game at Kenilworth Road, and the main news from the home team’s line-up is that captain Tom Lockyer has NOT made the game.

And top scorer Carlton Morris is on the bench!

Kaminski, Kabore, Mengi, Osho, Bell, Doughty, Mpanzu, Barkely, Townsend, Adebayo, Brown.

Subs: Krul, Ogbene, Berry, Morris, Chong, Clark, Giles, Johnson, Nelson.

Burnley will feel as if they have finally arrived in the Premier League this season with their 5-0 dismantiling of Sheffiled United.

Vincent Kompany’s side were predicted by many to be the dark horses this season, but that hadn’t materialised until the weekend. Getting the monkey off their back regarding their home form will be a big psychological barrier lifted, and they may feel that their season starts now.

We’ll see what they’ve got against Wolves tonight.

Here’s some footage of Wolves arriving, too.

Gary O’Neil’s side are looking to get back to winning ways agaisnt Burnley, with kick off scheduled for roughtly half an hour’s time.

Having lost to Arsenal at the weekend, Wolves could leapfrog Crystal Palace into 12th at least temporarily as they look to keep moving forwards after a tough start to the season.

Luton fans will have got and will get this a lot this season but rocking up to Kenilworth Road is probably a culture shock for Arsenal.

A small, tight ground, and the fans will make their ways through back gardens to ge to the away end – yes, really.

Rob Edwards’s side haven’t been great on the road this season but at home they know they can give anyone a game by making proceesings, let’s say interesting.

Arsenal may be top of the league but they’re playing very differently to last season.

Rather than being completely free-flowing in attack, they have shored things up at the back. They have the best defensive numbers of any team, conceding just 11 goals in 14 games, but have scored 29 goals so far, bettered by four teams.

Their top scorers are Bukayo Saka and Eddie Nketiah with five each, and the notable gap in their team appears to be up front.

But one wonders if they need a striker. My colleague Sam Brookes has crunched some of the numbers and given one view on if they need to bring in a new No 9 to maintain a solid title charge this season.

Anyhoo. Arsenal, playing on the first day of the gameweek and before any of their positional rivals, could go five points clear at the top of the league tonight – five!

A win would see them extend their lead over Liverpool and Manchester City before they face Sheffield United and Aston Villa respectively later on in the week.

One wonders if they can keep up their challenge in the title race this season. You’d expect a good win tonight, but Luton have made it difficult for teams as Kenilworth Road this season, Liverpool included.

For Burnley, Jordan Beyer (FPL legend – if you know, you know) is suspended, with Sander Berge and Josh Brownhill continuing their ever-improving partnership.

Trafford, Vitinho, O’Shea, Ekdal, Taylor, Bruun Larsen, Berge, Brownhill, Koleosho, Rodriguez, Amdouni.

Subs: Muric, Delcroix, Al Dakhil, Redmond, Gundmundsson, Ramsey, Odobert, Tredor, Zaroury.

Team news is in for the first game of the night, and we will start with hosts Wolves, who welcome the returns of Joao Gomes and Mario Lemina but are without Jose Sa.

Bentley, Semedo, Dawson, Kilman, Toti, H. Bueno, Gomes, Lemina, Sarabia, Hwang, Cunha.

Subs: King, Doherty, S. Bueno, Traore, Silva, Kalajdzic, Doyle, Bellegarde, Chirewa.

Good evening one and all and welcome to Mail Sport’s coverage of this evening’s Premier League fixtures.

We have two matches tonight, Wolves versus Burnley at 7:30 and Luton versus Arsenal at 8:15. Who doesn’t love a weekend round of games?

We’ll be focusing on the game at Kenilworth Road tonight but with the first game kicking off 45 minutes prior we’ll bring you updates from that one too.