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Declan Rice sent the home side into the lead and everything looked awfully comfortable.
But then last chance Aaron Ramsdale decided to deliver a blister of the rare.
Yoane Wissa never stopped chasing the ball after an Arsenal counter-play, which proved to be clever when Ramsdale thundered the kick into the sacrificing Brentford striker.
The ball then calmly bounced into the net, and the shock was a fact at the Emirates.
– I am devastated on his behalf. How he feels right now, only he can tell us. He really has to show character now, is the message from Sky Sports‘ Jamie Redknapp.
– A complete nightmare
Redknapp receives support from an equally shocked Alan Smith in the same channel:
– A complete nightmare for Ramsdale.
The English goalkeeper has struggled with playing time this season, after Spanish David Raya was brought in last summer.
However, he managed to shake off the disappointment, and played a very solid second round.
It was decisive in many ways with several good saves, and when Kai Haverts headed in 2-1, all doubts were put to one side for Arsenal.
Thinks the match winner should have been sent off
After the match, the Viaplay studio took note of a situation where Kai Havertz, by all accounts, should have been sent off for Arsenal.
The German received the ball inside Brentford’s penalty area and went to ground, without any contact to speak of in the field.
– I believe that Kai Havertz should have been sent off, because he has a yellow card from before when he tries to film a penalty. I believe that the referee should see it, because he has a great angle to see it, is Pål André Helland’s clear opinion.
And continues:
– He becomes a bit of a coward, possibly because Arsenal have called for a penalty in the past too. He tries to engineer a penalty kick, and then he should have received another yellow and been sent off. For this we want away from the football pitch.
Brentford manager Thomas Frank was furious with the referees. He also believed that Havertz should have been sent off with two yellow cards before scoring the winning goal.
– Our players were very angry, because Havertz threw himself in an attempt to get a penalty and should have received his second yellow, the Dane told the BBC. VAR watched the episode in the final phase, but there was neither a penalty nor a card.
There was no red card, because 20 minutes later it was Havertz who became the big hero.
The victory is very important in the crazy title race in the Premier League. On Sunday, Liverpool and Manchester City meet for a real big showdown.