Arsenal vs Brentford highlights: Scoreline, Nketiah goal and absent first-team stars.
The new Premier League season will begin next week with a trip to Selhurst Park to play London rivals Crystal Palace. Arsenal is still getting ready for that match.
The new Premier League season will begin for Arsenal against Crystal Palace in a few days, and the team is nearly ready for the journey to Selhurst Park.
Eddie Nketiah scored a hat-trick as the Gunners defeated League One team Ipswich Town 5-1 to kick off preseason at the beginning of the month. Then, after a training camp in Germany, Gabriel Jesus made his professional debut in a 5-3 triumph over FC Nurnberg.
And more recently, Arsenal visited the United States as part of their second summertime abroad trip.
With three victories over Everton, Orlando City, and Chelsea in a 10-day span, it is reasonable to conclude that everything went according to plan. Oleksandr Zinchenko also completed his transfer from Manchester City.
As they welcomed fellow Premier League team Brentford to London Colney for a behind-closed-doors friendly today (Tuesday, July 27), Mikel Arteta’s first-team squad, for the most part, made progress toward full fitness. Information about the game has been released.
Despite Nketiah’s second goal of the preseason, Brentford won 2-1, as Bryan Mbeumo and Ryan Trevitt scored for the visitors. This ended Arsenal’s streak of 100 consecutive victories.
With Aaron Ramsdale, Gabriel Jesus, William Saliba, Bukayo Saka, Thomas Partey, Granit Xhaka, Martin Odegaard, and Gabriel Martinelli absent, it’s interesting to note that the Gunners’ team wasn’t as strong as some may have anticipated. Charlie Patino and Marquinhos did, however, get some time.
Arsenal team: Turner, Cedric, Walters (Awe 46), Holding, Tavares (Souza 76), Elneny, Lokonga, Maitland-Niles (Patino 85), Marquinhos, Nelson (Sagoe Jr 90), Nketiah.
Arsenal has played their London neighbors in a friendly match behind closed doors previously in the past calendar year. They defeated Thomas Frank’s team 4-0 in September of last year thanks to goals from Cedric Soares, Nicolas Pepe, and Alexandre Lacazette.
Later in the season, in a match that included young players like Mazeed Ogungbo, Miguel Azeez, Charles Sagoe Jr., Bradley Ibrahim, and Charlie Patino, Lacazette scored three goals as Arsenal easily defeated Brentford B 4-1. Rob Holding also contributed to the scoring.
The Gunners’ final preseason match is now scheduled to take place against La Liga team Sevilla on Saturday before their Premier League debut against Crystal Palace.
