Brentford’s Yoane Wissa celebrates scoring with Keane Lewis-Potter and Michael Kayode – Reuters/David Klein
It regarded for all of the world that Mikel Arteta’s plan was going to play out completely, however his cavalry cost backfired to go away Arsenal with solely the Champions League to play for this season.
Arteta rested Bukayo Saka, Martin Odegaard, Myles Lewis-Skelly, Jurrien Timber and Mikel Merino after the exhilarating Champions League quarter-final first-leg victory over Actual Madrid.
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The transfer, with greater than an eye fixed on Wednesday evening’s second leg, gave the impression to be working a deal with when Thomas Partey put Arsenal into the lead shortly earlier than Saka, Odegaard and Lewis-Skelly had been despatched on.
But it surely was together with his star males, together with Timber, on the pitch that Arsenal threw away their lead and any slim hope of catching Liverpool on the prime of the Premier League desk, as Yoane Wissa succeeded the place Kylian Mbappe and Co had all failed by beating David Raya.
Mikel Merino was additionally despatched on to attempt to assist Arsenal chase a winner, however, having made 5 adjustments, the house aspect needed to end the sport with 10 males after Jorginho was compelled off with a shoulder damage.
Arsenal should now be sure they don’t throw away their three-goal lead in Madrid, as their solely hope of ending the season with silverware rests on progressing and finally profitable the Champions League.
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08:04 PM BSTMikel Arteta’s verdict
We’re dissatisfied with the consequence. We had been 1-0 up and in full management however we conceded a really poor objective. Our defending within the first, second and third part wasn’t adequate. However that’s how we conceded.
We completed the sport with 10 males [because of Jorginho’s injury] and we nonetheless tried to win the sport and had two massive alternatives. We’re used to taking part in each three days and we’re prepared.
[On Norgaard’s tackle on Martinelli] My response says every part. I’ve to be very light with my phrases!
[On Arsenal’s goal] The motion was very, excellent.
[On Real Madrid away] It’s time to get well effectively and tomorrow we’ll begin to put together for essentially the most lovely recreation of the season.
07:48 PM BSTTwo factors dropped
Martin Odegaard reveals his frustration on the remaining whistle. – Marc Atkins/Getty Pictures
07:46 PM BSTYoane Wissa’s response
It’s actually exhausting to carry out in opposition to these guys. They’re in very, excellent form. We struggled within the first half and it felt like a boring recreation. Within the second half we conceded a objective however then we confirmed good resolve. We all know we’re sturdy on set items, and the objective I scored is the sort I rating loads in coaching so I used to be glad.
Within the second half we had been calmer on the ball.
[On his goal] I noticed Nath head the ball again and I knew I’d have an opportunity to complete, so I simply tried to maintain it heading in the right direction as I knew it will be exhausting to save lots of.
[Are you in the form of your life?] Yeah, that’s actually truthful. I had an excellent conservation with Thomas [Frank] on the finish of final season [when Ivan Toney left]. He gave me quite a lot of love and confidence, he informed me I’d be the principle striker and after the primary few targets I feel I stepped up my recreation. I’m positively within the type of my life, particularly within the Premier League which is actually, actually robust. Thomas provides me quite a lot of freedom.
I do know what I can do on the pitch. But when the supervisor doesn’t belief me I generally is a bit irritating, or scared to attempt one thing. He provides me quite a lot of love and that is what I want.
We’re a crew. We all know we are able to belief one another. Even the objective we conceded, you may see how exhausting I attempted to get again – that’s our mentality. We’re all fortunate to be within the Premier League and now we have to work exhausting to win video games.
07:27 PM BSTSweet fifteen07:26 PM BSTFull time: Arsenal 1-1 Brentford
One other Premier League draw for Arsenal, their fourth in six video games. They’ve greater priorities and that looks like a good consequence after an fascinating if comparatively subdued recreation. Thomas Partey put Arsenal forward after a surging run from Declan Rice; Brentford equalised by way of an knowledgeable end from Yoane Wissa.
Arsenal’s Jurrien Timber applauds the supporters on the remaining whistle. – Stuart MacFarlane/Arsenal FC
07:24 PM BST90+6 min: Arsenal 1 Brentford 1
Saka, on the sting of the world, teases Lewis-Potter and shapes a trademark roller that goes a couple of yards broad of the far publish.
07:23 PM BST90+5 min: Arsenal 1 Brentford 1
Martinelli’s cross is diverted in direction of his personal objective by Collins, however the ball strikes slowly and Flekken has time to make a simple save.
07:22 PM BST90+4 min: Arsenal 1 Brentford 1
Saka goes on a beautiful run from proper to left, beating a minimum of three gamers, earlier than his cross is blocked by Collins. Brentford break and Odegaard is booked for a tactical foul.
07:21 PM BST90+3 min: Arsenal 1 Brentford 1
After a longish spell of Arsenal possession, Merino’s shot from 25 yards is blocked.
07:20 PM BST90+1 min: Arsenal 1 Brentford 1
Brentford substitution Gustavo Nunes, a young person signed from Brazilian membership Gremio in the summertime, comes on for his debut instead of Christian Norgaard.
07:19 PM BST90 min: Arsenal 1 Brentford 1
There are six minutes of added time. If it stays like this Liverpool will want 9 factors from seven video games to clunch the title.
07:15 PM BST87 min: Arsenal 1 Brentford 1
Arsenal all the way down to 10 males However not due to a pink card. Jorginho lands awkwardly after an aerial problem and must go off; Arsenal have used their 5 subs.
07:12 PM BST84 min: Arsenal 1 Brentford 1
Groans from the house followers as a cross from Trossard goes out of play. If it stays like this Arsenal may have drawn 12 league video games, as many as any aspect besides Everton, however all will probably be forgiven if their journey to Madrid is a hit.
07:10 PM BST81 min: Arsenal 1 Brentford 1
It’s been a great comeback from Brentford, who had been barely passive in the midst of the sport however now seem like they fancy their possibilities of three factors.
07:06 PM BST78 min: Arsenal 1 Brentford 1
Yarmolyuk is booked for legging up Merino.
07:05 PM BST76 min: Arsenal 1 Brentford 1
Nice defending! Flekken miscontrols a cross and is robbed by Saka, who goes around the keeper and is about to attain when the substitute Kayode seems on his blind aspect to poke the ball behind for a nook.
Michael Kayode makes a high quality problem on Bukayo Saka. – Paul Childs/Motion Pictures by way of Reuters
07:04 PM BST75 min: Arsenal 1 Brentford 1
Arsenal substitution Mikel Merino replaces Declan Rice.
07:02 PM BSTGoal!
74 min: Arsenal 1 Brentford 1 (Wissa) Yoane Wissa scores a terrific equaliser! A nook on the precise was half cleared and recycled to the substitute Kayode, who stood up a beautiful ball to the far publish. Collins headed it again throughout objective and Wissa swivelled to hook the bouncing ball over Raya. That’s such a great end.
06:57 PM BST69 min: Arsenal 1 Brentford 0
Double substitution for Brentford Yehor Yarmolyuk and Michael Kayode on, Vitaly Janelt and Kristoffer Ajer off.
06:57 PM BST69 min: Arsenal 1 Brentford 0
Arsenal substitution The goalscorer Thomas Partey is changed by Jurrien Timber. He’s limping barely but it surely doesn’t seem like something to fret about.
Thomas Partey celebrates his objective with the creator Declan Rice. – Filename/PA
06:54 PM BSTOne-nil to the Arsenal
Thomas Partey scores the opening objective. – John Walton/PA
06:51 PM BST63 min: Arsenal 1 Brentford 0
Triple substitution for Arsenal This was deliberate earlier than the objective. Martin Odegaard, Bukayo Saka and Myles Lewis-Skelly substitute Ethan Nwaneri, Kieran Tierney and Oleksandr Zinchenko.
06:50 PM BSTGoal!
61 min: Arsenal 1 Brentford 0 (Partey) Arsenal take a deserved lead after an outstanding counter-attack. David Raya claimed a Brentford nook and rolled the ball rigorously to Rice, who beat Damsgaard and galloped 60 yards to the sting ot the Brentford space earlier than taking part in in Partey to his proper. Partey composed himself and sidefooted a rising shot previous the left hand of Flekken. That’s a terrific objective.
06:48 PM BST60 min: Arsenal 0 Brentford 0
Brentford break dangerously by way of Mbeumo, who beats Martinelli on the sting of the world and tries to chop inside Tierney to line up a shot. Tierney stays on his toes and makes a wonderful problem.
06:45 PM BST58 min: Arsenal 0 Brentford 0
Martinelli will get the flawed aspect of Ajer on the left and is fouled. Only a foul this time reasonably than something worthy of the referee’s prime pocket. Rice’s free-kick is headed away.
06:44 PM BST56 min: Arsenal 0 Brentford 0
A draw on the Emirates is never a nasty consequence however Thomas Frank is likely to be barely dissatisfied with Brentford’s attacking efficiency thus far. They haven’t actually threatened, Ajer’s likelihood apart.
06:42 PM BST53 min: Arsenal 0 Brentford 0
Declan Rice slips and inadvertently assumes a Tornado pose. – Marc Atkins/Getty Pictures
06:40 PM BST50 min: Arsenal 0 Brentford 0
Partey wins a nook for Arsenal, who’ve made a robust begin to the second half. Nothing comes of it.
06:35 PM BST47 min: Arsenal 0 Brentford 0
A stunning inswinging cross from Martinelli simply evades Nwaneri on the far publish.
06:33 PM BST46 min: Arsenal 0 Brentford 0
Arsenal get the second half underneath manner on the Emirates.
06:19 PM BSTHalf time: Arsenal 0 Brentford 0
No targets on the Emirates. It was a good half, with Arsenal dominating after a sluggish begin, however there weren’t many clear probabilities. Kieran Tierney had a objective dominated out by the brand new semi-automated offside expertise, whereas David Raya and Mark Flekken made good saves from Kristoffer Ajer and Declan Rice respectively.
06:19 PM BSTHalf time: Arsenal 0 Brentford 0
No targets on the Emirates. It was a good half, with Arsenal dominating after a sluggish begin, however there weren’t many clear probabilities. Kieran Tierney had a objective dominated out by the brand new semi-automated offside expertise, whereas David Raya and Mark Flekken made good saves from Kristoffer Ajer and Declan Rice respectively.
06:16 PM BST45+1 min: Arsenal 0 Brentford 0
Two minutes of added time.
06:15 PM BST45 min: Arsenal 0 Brentford 0
Trossard, within the D, cracks a left-foot shot that’s pushed spherical by Flekken, diving to his left. Good save.
06:13 PM BST42 min: Arsenal 0 Brentford 0
Nwaneri’s nook is headed over by Trossard, unmarked however a couple of yards forward of the close to publish.
06:12 PM BST41 min: Arsenal 0 Brentford 0
Rice’s massive, inswinging nook – he may need been going for objective – is punched away by the backpedalling Flekken.
06:11 PM BST41 min: Arsenal 0 Brentford 0
Ricec surges into the world and forces a crisp low shot from a good angle. Flekken will get down neatly to his left to save lots of and a defender places the ball behind for a nook.
Declan Rice hits a shot that’s effectively saved by Mark Flekken. – John Walton/PA
06:07 PM BST36 min: Arsenal 0 Brentford 0
Nice defending by Ajer! Saliba drives an excellent, flat cross excessive to Martinelli, who controls it fantastically on the run and whacks a shot that’s crucially blocked by the stretching Ajer.
06:05 PM BST35 min: Arsenal 0 Brentford 0
Right here’s an illustration of the brand new semi-automated offside expertise (SAOT) in motion.
06:05 PM BST34 min: Arsenal 0 Brentford 0
Schade is booked for a foul on Saliba.
06:04 PM BST33 min: Arsenal 0 Brentford 0
Zinchenko’s low shot is turned around the close to publish by the diving Flekken. I feel it was going broad anyway however he took no probabilities.
06:02 PM BST32 min: Arsenal 0 Brentford 0
That shot from Ajer within the twenty second minute stays the one effort heading in the right direction at both finish. However Arsenal are beginning to hit their stride and it’s a greater recreation now than it was early on.
06:00 PM BST29 min: Arsenal 0 Brentford 0
The examine is full and Norgaard’s yellow card stands. He was going for the ball but it surely was a reckless problem at greatest and he caught Martinelli fairly excessive on the aspect of the leg.
05:58 PM BST28 min: Arsenal 0 Brentford 0
Norgaard is booked for a nasty hack at Martinelli. That’s midway between a yellow and pink card and Mikel Arteta is fuming.
Christian Norgaard fouls Gabriel Martinelli. – John Walton/PA
05:58 PM BSTDisallowed objective!
26 min: Arsenal 0 Brentford 0 Kieran Tierney, beginning his first Premier League recreation in virtually two years, heads a beautiful cross from Nwaneri into the roof of the online. He barely celebrates, which suggests he is aware of he’s offside, and the bare eye confirms as a lot. So does the brand new semi-automated offside expertise, which once more solely takes 10 seconds or so.
05:55 PM BST25 min: Arsenal 0 Brentford 0
Rice hits a booming nook to the far publish, the place Lewis-Potter will get in entrance of Partey to go behind for one more. This time Nwaneri curls a beautiful inswinger that’s missed by Flekken and hits Wissa (I feel) earlier than going behind for one more nook.
05:52 PM BST22 min: Arsenal 0 Brentford 0
Probability for Brentford! Damsgaard sweeps the ball throughout the sector to Mbeumo, who performs a terrific by way of cross to the underlapping Ajer. He hits a first-time shot on the flip, underneath stress from Martinelli, and Raya is completely positioned to make a great block.
Kristoffer Ajer’s shot is saved by David Raya. – Paul Childs/Motion Pictures by way of Reuters
05:50 PM BST19 min: Arsenal 0 Brentford 0
Partey’s glorious cross is volleyed over his personal bar by Ajer. Unsure he meant that but it surely was secure sufficient. Nwaneri will take the nook…
05:49 PM BST18 min: Arsenal 0 Brentford 0
The speedy Schade leads a Brentford break, however the final defender Saliba smooths throughout to make an apparently easy interception. He’s so good. There should have been a temptation to relaxation him as a result of if he will get injured Arsenal might have a really furry evening in Madrid.
05:47 PM BST16 min: Arsenal 0 Brentford 0
One other quiet spell. It wouldn’t be truthful to say the sport looks like a pleasant, extra that it’s midway between a pleasant and a very, actually aggressive recreation.
Mikel Arteta provides his crew directions. – Paul Childs/Motion Pictures
05:44 PM BST13 min: Arsenal 0 Brentford 0
Lewis-Potter combines properly with Damsgaard to win Brentford’s first nook. Damsgaard’s nook isn’t nice and Arsenal clear on the close to publish.
05:40 PM BST10 min: Arsenal 0 Brentford 0
Rice finds Nwaneri, who makes simply sufficient area for a shot that’s blocked by the stretching Janel. Moments later Flekken springs from his line to chop out Martinelli’s short-range cross from the byline; had he not carried out so Rice would most likely have had a tap-in.
05:38 PM BST8 min: Arsenal 0 Brentford 0
Brentford look the sharper crew, which most likely isn’t a shock given what number of adjustments Arsenal have made. You’d anticipate them to develop into the sport.
Leandro Trossard and Nathan Collins battle for possession. – Frank Augstein/AP
05:35 PM BST4 min: Arsenal 0 Brentford 0
It’s been a quiet begin, with exactly nothing to report.
Christian Norgaard wins a header. – ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP
05:32 PM BST2 min: Arsenal 0 Brentford 0
Oleksandr Zinchenko has began because the right-sided No8, with Rice in his standard place to the left.
05:30 PM BST1 min: Arsenal 0 Brentford 0
The gamers take a knee earlier than Mikkel Damsgaard kicks off for Brentford, who’re kicking from proper to left as we watch.
05:24 PM BSTA reminder of tonight’s groups
Arsenal (4-3-3) Raya; Partey, Saliba, Kiwior, Tierney; Zinchenko, Jorginho, Rice; Nwaneri, Trossard, Martinelli.
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Subs: Lewis-Skelly, Butler-Oyedeji, Sterling, Merino, Timber, Odegaard, Saka, Neto, Henry-Francis.
Brentford (4-2-3-1) Flekken; Ajer, Collins, van den Berg, Lewis-Potter; Norgaard, Janelt, Mbeumo, Damsgaard, Schade; Wissa.
Subs: Nunes Gomes, Kayode, Konak, Yarmolyuk, Mee, Jensen, Pinnock, Henry, Valdimarsson.
Referee Simon Hooper (Wiltshire).
05:20 PM BSTHow many free-kicks?
Declan Rice scored two spectacular free-kicks in opposition to Actual Madrid in midweek. – Paul Childs/Motion Pictures
05:08 PM BSTNewcastle supervisor Howe ‘acutely aware and speaking’ in hospital however will miss Man Utd recreation
Eddie Howe, the Newcastle supervisor, will miss Sunday’s go to of Manchester United after going to hospital for checks.
Howe missed Friday’s pre-match press convention due to sickness, with assistant Jason Tindall standing in for media duties.
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Howe was admitted to hospital on Friday evening and has been informed he will probably be saved in for additional evaluation till Sunday.
04:59 PM BSTToday’s Premier League outcomes
That Everton consequence is a big bonus for Arsenal, who will certainly now end as runners-up for the third successive season. The final time they did that was between 1998 and 2001; issues turned out fairly effectively for the subsequent few years.
Southampton 0-3 Aston Villa
Abdoulaye Doucoure celebrates his injury-time winner for Everton at Nottingham Forest. – Ed Sykes/Motion Pictures by way of Reuters
04:34 PM BSTPrivate faculties have gotten a soccer expertise manufacturing facility
By Tim Wigmore
In September, West Ham United obtained a collection of provides for one among their brightest skills. Kyran Thompson, then 15, has already been in comparison with Jude Bellingham.
Manchester Metropolis, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur all courted him. However Arsenal had a trump card: a spot at St John’s Enfield, one among London’s main non-public faculties, with Thompson’s annual £17,500 charges lined.
Arsenal gained the battle. At St John’s, Thompson combines an elite training with phenomenal services, together with an on-site spa. He additionally has a mannequin to observe for find out how to mix tutorial and soccer life: Ethan Nwaneri.
04:33 PM BSTRice’s rockets didn’t come out of the blue
By Sam Dean
Given the standard and accuracy of his corners, it ought to be no shock that Rice is able to executing high-class free-kicks. His inswinging deliveries have been a strong weapon for Arsenal ever since he was given set-piece duties on the membership’s winter break in Dubai final season.
Declan Rice celebrates after scoring his second good free-kick in opposition to Actual Madrid. – Stuart MacFarlane/Arsenal FC
04:32 PM BSTGlory or disaster awaits Arsenal – that is Arteta’s defining second
By Jamie Carragher
When Mikel Merino swept Arsenal’s third previous Actual Madrid’s Thibaut Courtois he did greater than cement the most effective evening within the historical past of the Emirates Stadium.
In securing such a commanding lead, Merino raised the stakes, guaranteeing that glory or disaster awaits within the return leg within the Bernabeu; Arsenal are standing at a crossroads main in direction of folklore or ignominy.
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04:25 PM BSTBrentford crew information
Thomas Frank makes a single change from final weekend’s goalless draw in opposition to Chelsea: Vitaly Janelt returns to the midfield instead of Yehor Yarmolyuk.
04:24 PM BSTArsenal crew information
Mikel Arteta makes 5 adjustments, with Bukayo Saka and Martin Odegaard amongst those that are rested. William Saliba and Declan Rice stay within the beginning line-up and there are uncommon begins for Kieran Tierney and Oleksandr Zinchenko. However Ben White isn’t within the squad; he suffered a knock in coaching.
Arsenal (4-3-3) Raya; Partey, Saliba, Kiwior, Tierney; Rice, Jorginho, Zinchenko; Nwaneri, Trossard, Martinelli.
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Substitutes: Neto, Timber, Lewis-Skelly, Henry-Francis, Odegaard, Saka, Sterling, Butler-Oyedeji, Merino.
04:16 PM BSTGood afternoon
Hi there and welcome to the newest instalment of After the Lord Mayor’s Present, an occasional affiliation soccer collection. This episode comes from the Emirates, the place Arsenal return to the scene of their extraordinary 3-0 win over Actual Madrid on Tuesday.
Most eyes are on the return on the Bernabeu on Wednesday however first Arsenal have a difficult recreation in opposition to Brentford to navigate. Managing the workload of every participant is a crucial consideration for Mikel Arteta, by no means thoughts the significance of avoiding any accidents, but Arteta can even need to win this recreation and strengthen Arsenal’s maintain on second place within the Premier League.
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It’ll be fascinating to see whether or not Arteta begins Bukayo Saka, who was majestic in opposition to Actual within the week however has solely simply come again from damage. “He’s crucial, he provides us a degree of risk, connection and unpredictability that in the meanwhile no different participant can present us,” stated Arteta. ““He has the facility to carry the stadium, which is unbelievable as a result of shifting the power within the stadium is one thing which could be very exhausting to do and when a participant can do this it’s a fantastic addition and high quality to have.”
Arteta has quite a lot of respect for at present’s opponents, who began their first Premier League marketing campaign with a memorable 2-0 win over Arteta’s Arsenal in August 2021.
“It’s going to be a really tough recreation. Once you have a look at what they’ve carried out, it’s unbelievable, outstanding and an attractive story,” he stated. “They’re organised in the best way they play so massive credit score to them and will probably be a tricky check for us.
“I’ve quite a lot of admiration for him (Thomas Frank), he’s at a soccer membership who shares the ambition and it’s a crew we are able to study loads from as a result of they’re very intelligent in my view.”
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Kick off 5.30pm.
An Arsenal fan en path to the Emirates sports activities a Declan Rice scarf. – Alex Davidson/Getty Pictures