Arsenal 1 Brentford 1: Wissa’s fifteenth objective of the Premier League season earns Bees a well-deserved level at Emirates Stadium
Yoane Wissa scored his fifteenth objective of the Premier League season as Brentford got here from behind to attract 1-1 with Arsenal at Emirates Stadium.Thomas Partey had given the Gunners the lead on the hour, rounding off a blistering counter assault following a Bryan Mbeumo nook, however Thomas Frank’s facet rallied and earned a well-deserved level because of sensible end.
There was one change to the facet that the earlier weekend as Vitaly Janelt got here in for Yehor Yarmoliuk. Ahead Gustavo Nunes was named in a matchday squad for the primary time.
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After an uneventful begin, Arsenal had the primary effort at objective on 10 minutes. Gabriel Martinelli, latching on to Leandro Trossard’s via ball, darted into the field and Mark Flekken stood agency at his entrance publish to divert the ball out for a nook.
The subsequent likelihood fell to the Bees. Mikkel Damsgaard swept the ball out to Mbeumo on the best and the ahead threaded a go down the channel for the overlapping Kristoffer Ajer, whose first-time strike from the best of the realm was pushed away by David Raya.
William Saliba nodded Declan Rice’s nook large of the publish, whereas Kieran Tierney’s headed objective was overturned by VAR for offside, because the depth ramped up in north London.
Oleksandr Zinchenko was subsequent to attempt his luck on 33 minutes, amassing the ball on the sting of the realm, checking again on to his left foot and testing Flekken with a fizzing low drive.
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Ajer made a significant block moments later, throwing himself in entrance of Martinelli’s close-range try after the Brazilian had been brilliantly picked out by Saliba.
Within the closing motion earlier than the break, Trossard labored some area on the sting of the field with a sensible dummy and his fierce effort was palmed away by Flekken.
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Arsenal broke the impasse on the hour. Raya claimed Mbeumo’s nook and shortly launched Rice, who strode ahead into the Brentford half. Partey stored tempo with the midfielder and after receiving the ball to the best of the realm hammered dwelling past Flekken.
Brentford levelled on 74 minutes. Substitute Michael Kayode’s cross from the byline was cushioned down by Nathan Collins and Wissa, on the swivel contained in the six-yard field, fired into the web earlier than racing over to the Bees followers within the far nook of the Emirates.
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Wissa’s strike took him to 50 Premier League objective involvements (41 targets, 9 assists), changing into solely the second Brentford participant to succeed in this milestone after Mbeumo (64).
Kayode, having performed an instrumental position in Brentford’s objective, was wanted on the different finish seconds after the restart.
Bukayo Saka capitalised on Flekken’s heavy contact on the sting of the field and superior in the direction of objective, however Kayode raced throughout and prevented the ahead from getting a shot away.
Jorginho hobbled off on 86 minutes, leaving Arsenal with 10 gamers for the rest of the sport as Mikkel Arteta had used all of his substitutes.
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, a summer season signing from Brazilian top-flight facet Grêmio, made his much-anticipated debut, changing Christian Nørgaard in stoppage time.
Saka got here near a late winner for Arsenal, however his curling effort skipped narrowly large of the far publish.
Arsenal: Raya; Partey (Timber 69), Saliba, Kiwior, Tierney (Lewis-Skelly 62); Jorginho, Rice (Merino 75), Zinchenko (Ødegaard 62); Nwaneri (Saka 63), Trossard, Martinelli
Subs not used: Neto, Henry-Francis, Butler-Oyedeji, Sterling
Brentford: Flekken; Ajer (Kayode 69), van den Berg, Collins, Lewis-Potter; Nørgaard (Nunes 90+1), Janelt (Yarmoliuk 69), Damsgaard (Jensen 80); Schade, Wissa, Mbeumo
Subs not used: Valdimarsson, Henry, Pinnock, Mee, Konak