Brentford marked their first sport within the high flight for 74 years and their first in entrance of followers at their new stadium with an emotional 2-0 victory over a ragged Arsenal. Sergi Canos and Christian Norgaard scored for the newly-promoted aspect. Brentford’s Christian Norgaard celebrates after scoring his aspect’s second purpose towards Arsenal on the Brentford Community Stadium in London (Courtesy: AP)HIGHLIGHTS Brentford register their first high flight win since 1947Dream begin for newcomer Brentford as they stun Arsenal 2-0Sergi Canos and Christian Noergaard scored the targets for BrentfordBrentford made a dream Premier League debut by gorgeous Arsenal 2-0, of their first sport within the high flight for 74 years and their first in entrance of followers at their new stadium, on Friday.
Sergi Canos put Brentford forward within the twenty second minute and Christian Noergaard headed within the second within the 73rd after Arsenal didn’t cope with an extended throw-in, handing the promoted membership an ideal begin to life within the Premier League in entrance of almost 16,500 followers on the Community Stadium.The win was nicely deserved as Brentford, revelling of their likelihood to tackle the massive boys, took the sport to an Arsenal group who appeared disjointed and toothless within the absence of “unwell” strike duo Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette.In a satisfying symmetry, the groups’ final assembly was a 1-0 win for Arsenal on the outdated Griffin Park in May 1947, Brentford’s final sport within the outdated first division as they have been relegated by no means anticipating it might take them 74 years to get again.It has been a troublesome highway too, with a file 9 playoff failures earlier than they lastly triumphed final season.For Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal, it was one other disappointing efficiency and a worrying begin. The group solely completed eighth final season and confirmed little signal of getting sorted out its earlier issues.With strikers Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette each lacking — Arteta stated they have been feeling “unwell” — Arsenal once more struggled to create any form of clear scoring possibilities regardless of dominating possession for stretches of the sport.Brentford’s opener got here after right-back Calum Chambers hacked the ball off the byline, just for it to come back again through Ethan Pinnock to Canos, who lower contained in the defender and buried a low shot inside Bernd Leno’s close to publish.For the second purpose, Arsenal’s defenders allowed an extended throw from Mads Bech Sorensen to bounce within the six-yard field and Norgaard arrived on the far publish to move into an empty web.Arsenal’s academy striker Folarin Balogun was handed his first Premier League begin however was taken off earlier than the hour mark. He was changed by Bukayo Saka, who was given a standing ovation from the Brentford followers after being subjected to racist abuse following his penalty miss for England within the European Championship remaining loss to Italy.Click right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.