Arsenal beat Brentford despite Ramsdale roars – spend the night at the top of the table – Dagsavisen

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Ramsdale gifted Brentford an injury-time equalizer in the first half, but he avenged himself with a couple of great saves as the visitors threatened to take the lead in the second half.

After massive Arsenal pressure, Havertz nodded in the winning goal in the final minutes, after Ben White was played forward by Martin Ødegaard and hit a perfect cross.

The right-back had an assist on both of Arsenal’s goals in the important derby win.

With three points, Mikel Arteta’s men took advantage of the opportunity that lay in gold rivals Liverpool and Manchester City meeting on Sunday, and that at least one of them concedes points.

Terrible mistake

Massive Arsenal pressure produced just one goal in the first 45 minutes. It came in the 19th minute, when Declan Rice beat Mads Rørslev in the air and nodded in a nice cross from White.

Four minutes into extra time in the first half, Brentford were rewarded for high pressure in what was mostly a defensive game. Gabriel played back to Ramsdale, who had a rare chance in the Arsenal goal. He hesitated with the clearance inside his own 5-metre area, and Yoane Wissa surprised him and tackled the ball into the goal.

Arsenal completely dominated play and created frequent opportunities, but the finishes were not as sharp as they have been of late.

Among other things, Havertz lifted the ball weakly outside the far post when he was beautifully played through by Jorginho in the first half.

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Rescues

Ramdale was to get revenge, because the visitors got up a few times in the 2nd half. In the 55th minute, Ivan Toney struck from long range after receiving the ball near the halfway line on a counterattack. The ball curled towards the cross, but Ramsdale in full stretch barely got a corner.

A little later, he delivered another great save when Nathan Collins nodded on a great cross from Kristoffer Ajer.

There were a couple of Brentford flashes in a sea of ​​Arsenal opportunities.

In the 59th minute, Vitaly Janelt saved on the line when Gabriel nodded a corner kick, and four minutes later Rørslev tore down Leandro Trossard when the Belgian tried to reach a forward from Martin Ødegaard. The Arsenal players screamed for a penalty, but were not heard by either the referees or the VAR officials.

In the 74th minute, Ødegaard set up Rice for a shot in the rebound area after a corner kick, and the finish hit the crossbar and bounced out while goalkeeper Mark Flekken stood in the middle of the goal and watched.

There would still be Arsenal cheers in the end.

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