The Gunners and Brentford made no difference in their 23rd date match, which was held at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday.

The hosts started to win with a goal from Leandro Trossard in the 66th minute of the complementary phase, while through Ivan Toney the visitor equalized the match after a few minutes.

Ivan Toney smashed a shot into the post 24 minutes into the first half and drowned out the goal screams of all his fans.

Arsenal failed to add 3 against Brentford, despite the stats heavily favoring it. He was the undisputed owner of the ball throughout the match (66% of 34%) and was the one who took the most shots (23 against 8), but without the efficiency necessary to break parity on the table. ‘display.

The figure of the meeting was Bukayo Saka. The Arsenal striker had 5 goals on target against Brentford and completed 44 correct passes.

Another of the key footballers at Emirates Stadium was Ivan Toney. The Brentford striker has scored 1 goal, framed 4 times against Arsenal and made 14 correct passes.

It was a hard fought game with fouls on both sides. There were 2 warned: Christian Norgaard and Kevin Schade.

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta set up a 4-3-3 formation on the pitch with Aaron Ramsdale in goal; Ben White, William Saliba, Gabriel Magalhães and Olexandr Zinchenko on the defensive line; Martin Odegaard, Thomas Partey and Granit Xhaka in the middle; and Bukayo Saka, Eddie Nketiah and Gabriel Martinelli in attack.

For their part, those led by Thomas Frank failed with a 3-5-2 strategy with David Raya under the three sticks; Kristoffer Ajer, Ethan Pinnock and Ben Mee in defence; Mads Roerslev, Vitaly Janelt, Christian Norgaard, Mathias Jensen and Rico Henry in midfield; and Bryan Mbeumo and Ivan Toney up front.

The appointed referee for the match was Peter Bankes.

The Gunners visit Aston Villa the next day, while Brentford host Crystal Palace at Griffin Park.

The local leads with 51 points, while the visitor reaches 34 points and is in eighth place in the tournament.

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