Arsenal vs Brentford LIVE: Premier League result and final score after late Kai Havertz goal
Arsenal 2-1 Brentford: Havertz was the hero as the Gunners back to the top of the Premier League table ahead of Liverpool vs Man City
Kai Havertz headed Arsenal back to the top of the table as he finally broke Brentford’s stubborn resistance to claim an eighth successive Premier League win.
Havertz’s 86th-minute goal, his fourth in as many league outings, sealed a 2-1 victory at the Emirates Stadium in a game which remained in the balance until the final whistle after keeper Aaron Ramsdale’s error had gifted the Bees an equaliser.
Ramsdale’s blunder in first-half stoppage time allowed Yoanne Wissa to cancel out Declan Rice’s opener, but Havertz struck with four minutes remaining to leave the Gunners in pole position ahead of Sunday’s mouth-watering clash between Liverpool and Manchester City.
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FULL TIME! Arsenal 2-1 Brentford
And there’s full-time! Arsenal have done it! They are top!
Havertz is the hero!
Arsenal 2-1 Brentford
One last chance for Brentford to get it forward... foul!
Arsenal 2-1 Brentford
90+5 mins: Toney and Gabriel go head to head as Arsenal look to kill the game off...
Arteta’s side are almost there.
Arsenal 2-1 Brentford
90+1 mins: There’s a check for a penalty after Gabriel goes down... nothing given.
Arsenal 2-1 Brentford
90 minutes: There will be SEVEN minutes of added time! Arsenal are going top as it stands.
GOAL! Arsenal 2-1 Brentford (HAVERTZ 86’)
THAT’S A HUGE GOAL!
It’s Havertz! Four in a row!
This is his biggest goal yet for Arsenal. With the pressure mounting, White got to the byline and clipped a ball into the box. Havertz was there are the near post and thunders a header past Flekken to break Brentford hearts! The goalkeeper got a touch but it wasn’t enough!
An eruption of noise around the Emirates as Arteta tears down the touchline!
Arsenal 1-1 Brentford
82 mins: Are Arsenal really going to blow the chance to go top of the Premier League, with Liverpool and Manchester City facing each other tomorrow?
You can feel the nerves around the Emirates... can Arsenal find a late winner to keep their winning run going?
Arsenal 1-1 Brentford
78 mins: A double Brentford change, including the introduction of Neal Maupay for the scorer Wissa.
It’s followed by Arteta replacing Trossard and Kiwior by Reiss Nelson and Oleksandr Zinchenko.
Arsenal 1-1 Brentford
74 mins: OFF THE BAR! So close from Rice - and what a goal this would have been! His curling effort from 25 yards hits the upright, inches from the top corner. That’s the closest Arsenal have come.
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