Premier League Arsenal beat Brentford 3-1 and regain 2nd place

Arsenal beat Brentford 3-1 in the only Premier League game on New Year's Day to move back into second place.

Things did not look good for Arsenal for half an hour. They were on the brink of their first defeat in a London derby since New Year's Day 2023 (when they lost 2-1 to Fulham). Brentford were leading 1-0 at the time and Arsenal's Spanish goalkeeper David Raya, who was under contract at Brentford from 2019 to 2024, conceded a goal that could have been saved and let a ball slip through his gloves in the 28th minute before he was able to handle it on the line.

However, Arsenal equalized with their next attack through Gabriel Jesus. And after the break, Mikel Merino and Martinelli made it 3:1 for the visitors within three minutes.

The two Brazilians in particular are in a scoring mood: Gabriel Jesus has scored six goals in the last four games. Before that, he had also scored six in his first 48 games for Arsenal. And Martinelli has scored four goals in the last three away games.

Arsenal are six points behind Liverpool, although Liverpool have played one game less.

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Brentford

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1:3

(1:1)

Arsenal

• Bryan Mbeumo - 1:0 (13.)
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• (29.) 1:1 - Gabriel Jesus
• (50.) 1:2 - Mikel Merino
• (53.) 1:3 - Gabriel Martinelli

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90.+5.
End of 2nd half
90.+2.
Substitution in Arsenal

Oleksandr Zinchenko
Midfielder
90.+2.
Substitution out Arsenal

Gabriel Jesus
Striker
88.
Substitution in Arsenal

Jorginho
Midfielder
88.
Substitution out Arsenal

Martin Ødegaard
Midfielder
78.
Substitution in Arsenal

Declan Rice
Midfielder
78.
Substitution out Arsenal

Mikel Merino
Midfielder
78.
Substitution in Arsenal

Leandro Trossard
Striker
78.
Substitution out Arsenal
Ethan Nwaneri
Striker
78.
Substitution in Arsenal
Myles Lewis-Skelly
Midfielder
78.
Substitution out Arsenal

Riccardo Calafiori
Defender
75.
Substitution in Brentford

Mathias Jensen
Midfielder
75.
Substitution out Brentford

Christian Nørgaard
Midfielder
75.
Substitution in Brentford

Kevin Schade
Striker
75.
Substitution out Brentford

Yoane Wissa
Striker
75.
Substitution in Brentford

Paris Maghoma
Midfielder
75.
Substitution out Brentford

Mikkel Damsgaard
Midfielder
75.
Substitution in Brentford
Kim Ji-soo
Defender
75.
Substitution out Brentford

Sepp van den Berg
Defender
57.
Yellow card Arsenal
Riccardo Calafiori
53.
Goal for Arsenal, 1:3 through Gabriel Martinelli

Gabriel Martinelli
Striker
50.
Goal for Arsenal, 1:2 through Mikel Merino

Mikel Merino
Midfielder
46.
Kick-off 2nd half
45.+5.
End of 1st half
29.
Goal for Arsenal, 1:1 through Gabriel Jesus

Gabriel Jesus
Striker
26.
Yellow card Brentford
Christian Nørgaard
17.
Yellow card Arsenal
Jurriën Timber
13.
Goal for Brentford, 1:0 through Bryan Mbeumo (Mikkel Damsgaard)

Bryan Mbeumo
Striker

Assist: Mikkel Damsgaard
Midfielder
1.
Start of the match