#FT: Brentford 0-1 Arsenal

Venue: Gtech Community Stadium

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Brentford

Mark Flekken, Ethan Pinnock, Ben Mee, Kristoffer Ajer, Vitaly Janelt, Saman Ghoddos (Mathias Jorgensen), Christian Nørgaard, Yehor Yarmoliuk (Shandon Baptiste), Frank Onyeka (Keane Lewis-Potter), Yoane Wissa (Neal Maupay), Bryan Mbeumo.

Subs: Michael Olakigbe, Ethan Brierley, Thomas Strakosha, Charlie Goode, Myles Peart-Harris.

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Arsenal

Aaron Ramsdale, Gabriel , William Saliba, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Takehiro Tomiyasu, Declan Rice, Leandro Trossard, Martin Ødegaard, Gabriel Jesus (Eddie Nketiah), Gabriel Martinelli (Kai Havertz), Bukayo Saka.

Subs: Cédric , Karl Hein, Reiss Nelson, Jakub Kiwior, Ben White, Mohamed Elneny, Jorginho .

MATCH EVENTS | via ESPN

45’+1’ Kristoffer Ajer (Brentford) is shown the yellow card.

56’ Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

66’ Substitution, Arsenal. Eddie Nketiah replaces Gabriel Jesus.

72’ Substitution, Brentford. Shandon Baptiste replaces Yehor Yarmoliuk.

72’ Substitution, Brentford. Neal Maupay replaces Yoane Wissa.

79’ Substitution, Arsenal. Kai Havertz replaces Gabriel Martinelli.

89’ Goal! Brentford 0, Arsenal 1. Kai Havertz (Arsenal) header from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Bukayo Saka with a cross.

90’ Substitution, Brentford. Zanka replaces Saman Ghoddos.

90’+1’ Substitution, Brentford. Keane Lewis-Potter replaces Frank Onyeka.

    • LevynX@alien.topBEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      So envious watching an actually organized defence with a world class midfielder protecting it.

  • NemoDropEmOff@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Send Chelsea another 65m tbh, they’ll waste it anyway.

    King Kai, my big fackin German😋😋😋

  • kwhicks@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I forgot to add, fucking well done Brentford. You guys were compact, organized and ready to spring a counter on us. Respect for the game plan and executing it well. Gotta give respect to them for making it a painful watch.

  • notapaperhandape@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Boys made it happen somehow.

    This is the Arsenal that I’ve come to appreciate and watch the game until the end of the game. I don’t turn it off the game anymore…even that shitty 1-0 win against city.

  • luke_workin@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Ghoddos worked his ass off for 90 minutes. Shame the slip-up led to a goal. Tough to play out of position against a great team

    • AxFairy@alien.topBEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Didn’t manage to watch, where was he playing? Has he been covering RB since Henry is out?

  • hirarki@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Cleansheet with ramsdale “thrilling moment” every match or 1 goal conceded with raya every match???

    • AverageSwedishGunner@alien.topBEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      He didnt have to make any saves? I reckon if Brentford got a serious opportunity theyd have scored. Ramsdale showed why Raya starts today

    • qriuz0@alien.topBEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I would take as much as “thrilling moments” as long as it doesn’t end up a goal lol.

    • lastjedi23@alien.topBEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Clean sheets all day every day, but Rambo thrilling moments today were a combo of rust, anxiety, nerves. Not saying he doesn’t have these moments but today was amplified by those factors.

  • bambinoquinn@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Flekkin doesn’t inspire me very much. He does a lot of strange things under no pressure that don’t get punished

  • FrameworkisDigimon@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Arsenal’s season in a microcosm… relatively comfortable in defence and seemingly incapable of scoring… but they somehow manage a goal.

  • HakeemAbdulOlajubbar@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Rice was fantastic, and apart from his mistake (which he promptly made up for), I thought Zinchenko played very well today. Tough game, not a good performance, but a very good win. Happy for Kai.

  • Mubar06@alien.topBEnglish
    0·
    1 year ago

    Need to improve creativity wise. This Odegaard slump isn’t helping, but we are good at controlling games and good defensively. Also I beg our keeps become more confident

    • Tangy-Os@alien.topBEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Think every Arsenal fan right now would love if our keepers were more confident but I honestly don’t blame them when they’ve got Arteta playing mind games with both of them

    • VDyrus@alien.topBEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I can actually excuse this game. He’s coming back from a long injury, so it can’t be expected that after 1 game, and maybe 1 practice, he’s back to his usual standards. We need to give him a bit of time IMO.