Arsenal will have to play the rest of the game with 10 men, as they’ve used all their substitutes.Brentford substitution: Mathias Jensen on for Mikkel Damsgaard.Arsenal a second goal after his heavy touch allows Saka to tackle him and win the ball. The Arsenal substitute dilly-dallies over his shot and Kayode gets across to relieve him of possession. Arsenal substittution: Mikel Merino on for Declan Rice.Brentford recycle the ball and Yoane Wissa shoots on the turn from a couple of yards outside the Arsenal six-yard box to send a shot fizzing past Raya. Nathan Collins set him up, heading an excellent Michael Kayode cross from the right his way.
Brentford double-substitution: Michael Kayode and Yehor Yarmoliuk on for Ajer and Janelt.Brentford are down but not out. They advance into Arsenal terriotry and Wissa tries to square the ball across the face of their goal. Raya cuts out his cross.Arsenal triple-substitution: Martin Odegaard, Bukayo Saka and Myles Lewis-Skelly come on, with Tierney, Zinchenko and Nwaneri making way.Brentford penalty area is headed clear by Sepp van den Berg and visitors attack on the counter. Bryan Mbeumo cuts into the Arsenal penalty area from the right but Ciaran Tierney puts the ball out for a corner. Mbeumo’s delivery is claimed by Raya, who sets up a counter-attack that ends with Thomas Partey firing Arsenal in front.Brentford win a throw-in deep in Arsenal territory and Christian Norgaard trots over to take it. He eschews the option of Delapping the ball into the box and takes it short to Lewis-Potter, whose cross to the far post earns Brentford a corner. They take it short, creating an angle for Janelt to send a cross towards the far post. Raya plucks the ball from the air.Brentford clear at the near post.Arsenal on the ball and no changes in personnel on either side.Brentford penalty area,” writes Justin Kavanagh. “He’ll get himself banned from the US, if he keeps up that kind of talk about the birds and the bees!”Brentford net, only for Kieran Tierney’s header to be correctly ruled out for offside. Beyone that, it’s largely been a succession of Arsenal corners, with Declan Rice going close to scoring directly from one. Kristoffer Ajer went close for Brentford, bringing a smart save out of Raya, while Leandro Trossard was this far away from accidentally killing a pigeon shortly before the break.Brentford penalty area before unleashing a powerful low shot that puts the heart crossways in a pigeon that came perilously close to meeting an extremely grisly end on the edge of the six-yard box and bringing a smart save out of Mark Flekken.Brentford keeper is unable to hold on to the ball and Arsenal have another corner. Rice’s inswinger threatens to dip under the crossbar but Flekken punches it over for yet another Arsenal corner.Arsenal winger had deftly controlled a ball over the top.Brentford goal from the right and it’s cleared by Kevin Schade. Arsenal win another corner, take it short and after a Nwaneri scamper along the byline, he’s unable to pick out Leandro Trossard with his pullback.Arsenal players, coaching staff and fans appealing for a stiffer punishment. VAR decide there’s no need to upgrade the booking to a red card and that seems fair enough to me. Other opinions are almost certainly available.
Arsenal recycle the ball, Nwaneri gets another cross into the box and Kieran Tierney nods home. I’m fairly sure he’s offside …Arsenal win another corner. It’s on Rice’s side of the pitch and his inswinger towards the far post appears to hit Saliba’s back before going out for another corner off Keane Lewis-Potter. Over to you Ethan Nwaneri …
Source: theguardian.com
