Ahead of the international break, Arsenal reclaimed their throne as leaders of the 2022-23 Premier League. For the eighth day of the championship, Mikel Arteta’s men won in style on the Brentford lawn thanks to goals from William Saliba, Gabriel Jesus and Fabio Vieira (0-3). Without shaking at the Gtech Community Stadium, the Gunners regained a unit lead over Manchester City and Tottenham and put themselves in a preferential position before facing … Spurs on the next day.
We do not know until when this Arsenal team will occupy the first place in this English championship. But what is certain is that the performance provided against Brentford left no doubt about the ability of the Gunners to control an opponent from the start to the end of a meeting. Throughout the entire first half, Aaron Ramsdale had no decisive saves to make.
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On the other side, David Raya was much more in demand and the Spanish goalkeeper had to bow twice: on the one hand, on a corner deflected at the near post by Saliba for the second goal of the French international in the league this season (0-1, 17th), and on the other hand, on a new header placed by Jesus on a millimeter cross from Granit Xhaka (0-1, 27th).
Caught in the spiral, Brentford never knew how to close the gap. Worse still: the Bees conceded a third goal on a distant and precise strike from Fabio Vieira (3-0, 49th), his first goal for his first appearance in the Gunners jersey. Two offensives could have found a better outcome, but the free kick from Ivan Toney, freshly called up to the England national team, finished above (53rd) and Mikel Damsgaard stumbled on Ramsdale (71st).
At the end of the match, the real attraction of the match was the entry into play of young Ethan Nwaneri, 15 years and 181 days, for his baptism of fire in the Premier League. For Arsenal, life couldn’t be better at Brentford…
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