Mikel Arteta was without Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette through sudden illness and Eddie Nketiah through injury

 Mikel Arteta was without Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette through sudden illness and Eddie Nketiah through injury. In other words, his three main centre-forwards. He gave Folarin Balogun a Premier League debut up front and he was game enough while on the flanks Pépé and Gabriel Martinelli laboured. Arsenal had to show more drive and personality in the second-half. Albert Sambi Lokonga, the new midfielder, was a plus point with the smoothness of his passing and Emile Smith Rowe and Kieran Tierney looked to ignite the fightback. Smith Rowe spun away from Norgaard, raced to the edge of the area and worked Raya. There was a nice moment when Arteta introduced Bukayo Saka and the Brentford fans applauded him, mindful of the racist abuse that the winger had suffered after his penalty miss for England at the Euro 2020 final. Martinelli fluffed a near post header and Granit Xhaka flashed a shot high. It felt as though the equaliser might be coming but it is normally wise to assume nothing with this Arsenal team. No excuses, Arteta said. Next up are Chelsea and Manchester City.

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