Arsenal ended a memorable week with a disappointing outcome as their already slim Premier League title hopes have been dealt one other blow in a 1-1 draw with Brentford.
The Gunners headed into Saturday’s conflict on a excessive after beating Actual Madrid 3-0 within the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie on Tuesday.
Regardless of making 5 adjustments from the XI who began in opposition to Madrid, Arsenal appeared set to chop the hole to leaders Liverpool to eight factors when Thomas Partey gave them a 61st-minute lead.
Nonetheless, Yoane Wissa levelled issues for Brentford, whose hopes of European soccer subsequent season are nonetheless alive with six video games to play after a creditable level at Emirates Stadium.
Arsenal are 10 factors behind Liverpool having performed a sport extra, that hole which means the Reds want three extra wins to safe the title.
Arsenal v Brentford
Having did not considerably threaten the Brentford objective within the early levels of the primary half, the Gunners thought they’d damaged the impasse within the twenty seventh minute.
Kieran Tierney, making his Premier League begin since Might 2023, headed house from Ethan Nwaneri’s right-wing cross, nevertheless, a VAR verify revealed the full-back was clearly offside.
Kristoffer Ajer produced heroics to dam a Gabriel Martinelli effort that appeared destined for the online, however Brentford’s rearguard got here unstuck simply after the hour courtesy of a fast Arsenal counter.
David Raya’s fast distribution set Declan Rice on his approach and, after racing his option to the Brentford field, the hero of Arsenal’s midweek win over Madrid laid the ball for Partey to open the scoring with a assured end.
However Arsenal have been pegged again 13 minutes later when Nathan Collins cushioned Michael Kayode’s cross into the trail of Wissa to hook house from shut vary after Arsenal had did not clear a nook.
Having already made 5 substitutions, Arsenal have been diminished to 10 males late on when Jorginho was compelled off following a collision with Bryan Mbuemo.
There have been few clear-cut possibilities for both aspect to win the sport, with substitute Bukayo Saka fashioning the most effective when the Arsenal ahead bent large of the left-hand publish in stoppage time.
It meant Arsenal have been left to accept a twelfth draw of the season, with that tally a key motive why Mikel Arteta’s males will nearly actually finish the marketing campaign as runners-up within the Premier League for the third successive season. Solely a Champions League triumph will take away the bitter style of a runners-up end domestically.
