Arsenal ended a memorable week with a disappointing end result 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 recreation 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 phases of the primary half, the Gunners thought that they had damaged the impasse within the twenty seventh minute.
Kieran Tierney, making his Premier League begin since Could 2023, headed residence from Ethan Nwaneri’s right-wing cross, nonetheless, 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 means and, after racing his solution 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 residence from shut vary after Arsenal had did not clear a nook.
Having already made 5 substitutions, Arsenal have been lowered to 10 males late on when Jorginho was pressured off following a collision with Bryan Mbuemo.
There have been few clear-cut probabilities for both facet to win the sport, with substitute Bukayo Saka fashioning one of the best when the Arsenal ahead bent vast of the left-hand submit in stoppage time.
It meant Arsenal have been left to accept a twelfth draw of the season, with that tally a key cause why Mikel Arteta’s males will nearly definitely 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.
