Brentford vs Arsenal LIVE: Premier League result and final score as Fabio Vieira adds third on debut
Brentford 0-3 Arsenal: Vieira marked his first Premier League start with a stunning goal from distance after first-half headers from Gabriel Jesus and William Saliba
Arsenal returned to the top of the Premier League table in some style as Fabio Vieira’s first goal for the club added to first-half headers from William Saliba and Gabriel Jesus in an impressive 3-0 win at Brentford.
Mikel Arteta’s side responded to victories for Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday with a commanding performance at the Brentford Community Stadium, as the Gunners got their revenge for last season’s opening defeat to Thomas Frank’s team.
Saliba scored his second goal of the campaign with a fine header at the front post from a corner, before Jesus met Granit Xhaka’s wonderful cross to double their advantage.
Arsenal were missing captain Martin Odegaard but with Vieira making his first Premier League start for the club, the 22-year-old fired in a stunning goal from distance to wrap up three points.
Late in the match, Arsenal’s Ethan Nwaneri made history by becoming the youngest ever Premier League player at the age of 15 years and 181 days.
Everton 0-0 West Ham
3 mins: It’s been an energetic start from both teams but nothing of note happening in front of goal as both side jostle to get up the other end of the pitch.
Kick off: Everton 0-0 West Ham
West Ham get the ball rolling at Goodison Park and work the ball over top on the left side where it gets booted away by the Everton defence.
Everton vs West Ham
West Ham have lost eight of their 12 Premier League away games in 2022. Only Everton, with nine defeats, have lost more often on the road this calendar year.
The Hammers are the only club not to have scored a first-half goal in the Premier League this season - despite attempting 24 shots on goal - and they have scored only three times in the league.
Everton searching for first win
Everton have not kept a clean sheet in consecutive Premier League games since May 2021, which included a 1-0 win at West Ham.
The Toffees can go winless for seven league games from the start of a season for the first time since 1994/95, when it took them 13 games to register a first victory.
Everton ‘going in the right direction’ as Frank Lampard eyes first win of the season
Everton are still waiting for their first win of the season but manager Frank Lampard is remaining patient.
The Toffees have accrued just four points from their six matches, scoring only four times, but Lampard believes changes to personnel made over the summer are yet to take full effect.
Everton bolstered their defence with the signings of of James Tarkowski, Conor Coady and Ruben Vinagre and made significant improvements to the midfield with the arrivals of Amadou Onana, Dwight McNeil, Idrissa Gueye and James Garner.
Everton ‘going in the right direction’ as Frank Lampard eyes first win of the season
The Toffees have picked up four points from their opening six games and face West Ham at Goodison on Sunday
Everton vs West Ham
Everton have won 27 of their 52 Premier League matches against West Ham, their best record against any team in the division.
But, the Hammers did the double over Everton in the Premier League last season, winning 1-0 at Goodison Park and 2-1 at the London Stadium.
Everton vs West Ham
There’ll be some reaction and a report from Arsenal’s victory coming up but now the focus moves over to Merseyside as Everton host West Ham in an encounter that will have ramifications at the bottom of the table.
Frank Lampard’s men are yet to win this season and sit 17th after four draws. West Ham meanwhile are one spot lower down and David Moyes will be hoping to get his team back to winning ways.
FT Brentford 0-3 Arsenal
Vieira scores for Arsenal.
Full-time: Brentford 0-3 Arsenal
90+4 mins: A brilliant performance from Arsenal comes to an end and they pick up all three points after dominating Brentford from the get go.
William Saliba, Gabriel Jesus and Fabio Vieira all got on the scoresheet as the Gunners move back to the top of the Premier League ahead of the international break.
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