Brentford shock Arsenal to go top of the EPL on the first matchday
The 2021/22 EPL season kicked off at the Brentford Community Stadium between the newbies and one of the league’s oldest statesmen. It was the Bees who took the lead through Sergi Canos in the 22nd minute. It was a sweet strike from the edge of the Arsenal box after Calum Chambers failed to properly get rid of the ball.
The second exposed a familiar Arsenal failing. A long throw into the box was not well defended and with two Brentford players itching to knock it in, it fell to Christian Noergaard to score Brentford’s second goal. All 11 men who started for Brentford were experiencing the EPL for the first time as starters while Arsenal had injury and illness to blame for naming a very young team that included Folarin Balogun- a debutant while Bukayo Saka started on the bench.
The Gunners had started the better and immediately won a corner kick from kickoff and had 60 per cent of ball possession in the first 10 minutes. But it was the Bees who could have taken the early lead when a knockdown from Ivan Toney fell to Bryan Mbeumo, whose right-footed shot went out via Bernd Leno’s left post.
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