Arsenal moved to the highest of the Premier League desk with a hard-fought 2-1 win over Brentford on Saturday night.
There was no lightning-fast begin on this event from Mikel Arteta’s aspect, nevertheless it did not take lengthy for them to take the lead. Declan Rice headed house beautifully from Ben White’s cross within the opening 20 minutes.
The guests did an admirable job of limiting Arsenal’s high-quality possibilities, though Kai Havertz did come shut twice.
It appeared as if the Gunners would take a 1-0 lead into the break, however an egregious Aaron Ramsdale error allowed Yoane Wissa to equalise on the stroke of half-time.
Thus, Arsenal had been thrust into an identical place to what they had been in towards Liverpool final month. An enormous second-half efficiency was required, however the hosts primarily threatened from set items. Gabriel had a header cleared off the road.
Angst grew contained in the Emirates because the clocked ticked in direction of the 90, with the Bees persevering with to frustrate the hosts. Maybe this wasn’t to the Arsenal’s day, maybe the Gunners would lose floor on their title rivals…
Nope.
White delivered once more for the hosts, crossing beautifully once more however this time for Havertz, who headed house from shut vary to seal an enormous three factors for Arteta’s males forward of the crunch conflict at Anfield between Liverpool and Manchester Metropolis.
Listed below are the Arsenal participant scores from Saturday’s win.
Goalkeeper & Defenders
Aaron Ramsdale (GK) – 4/10 – His error was crushing, however he in any other case had a positive sport. Ramsdale made glorious saves to disclaim Ivan Toney and Nathan Collins within the second half.
Ben White (RB) – 8/10 – Frequented the within channel usually and it was right here the place he arrange Rice’s opener with a pinpoint cross. Having beforehand struggled within the last third, White then teed up Havertz for the winner.
William Saliba (CB) – 8/10 – Saliba, who has aerial weaknesses, handled Toney’s risk nicely. Usually forcing the striker to floor with out fouling.
Gabriel (CB) – 6/10 – Booked early on for pulling again Wissa and was on a tightrope because of this. Actually wasn’t at his bodily imposing greatest.
Jakub Kiwior (LB) – 6/10 – Fairly sturdy outdoors of some minor errors with the ball. Wasn’t examined a lot defensively.
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