00:00With a third of the season remaining, every game has the potential to be critical in the final reckoning.
00:06Tonight, the chance for the Gunners to restore that six-point advantage as the shadow of Manchester City begins to
00:13loom.
00:16Hello from Jim Brouford and Matt Upson for Brentford against Arsenal in week 26 of the Premier League campaign.
00:24And a very good evening to you from West London where the Gunners have made the 10-mile journey across
00:29the capital
00:29than ever before.
00:35In a two-decade pursuit of their fourth Premier League title, this is about as good a position as Arsenal
00:41have ever engineered.
00:42Victory takes them six points clear with 12 games to go.
00:47Anything less?
00:50Matara.
00:52Might have shape on the pass forward and Lewis Potter should be able to keep it alive and he can.
00:58Here it is, lovely weighted ball.
01:00There's nothing you can do as a centre-back.
01:01All you can do is be second.
01:05Very deep from Rice.
01:07Headed back in and it's away at the near post.
01:10Now for another corner.
01:12How often does he get first contact to the ball?
01:15It's like a magnet.
01:17Gabriel, he just finds where he needs to be.
01:20He's looped to the back post.
01:21Everything's tailored to his movement.
01:24Delivery spot on.
01:25Wins that first header.
01:26Can't quite get the contact.
01:28Away.
01:34I heard he hoping that the ball will go over the line.
01:38Force the plate in the end and then foul by Trossard.
01:43And they've been chuntering away on the benches.
01:47The last two or three minutes or so.
01:50And Keith Andrews gets a yellow car.
01:53He wants shares in the towel-making companies.
01:57Here it comes.
01:59Plenty of squirve on it.
02:00Headed in dangerously.
02:01Flicked on by Eagle Thiago.
02:02But didn't break Wattara's way.
02:06And then Ryer in bowling it out.
02:07Has presented it straight to his former teammate Jensen.
02:11Clipped in by him for Thiago.
02:13What a save from Ryer.
02:15Threw himself to his left-hand side.
02:16An important stop to spare his blushes.
02:20Back in from Coyote.
02:22Now Henry.
02:24Thiago still lurking.
02:28Well, here's the throw that David Ryer puts out to Declan Rice.
02:31He's got no chance of getting hold of that ball.
02:34Complete misjudgment.
02:35But when this comes in, look at the position of Thiago.
02:38Just gets the run on the defender.
02:43Rice and Ryer working so well in tandem.
02:45And look at Rice go here.
02:48Ryer eventually coming across to make a challenge.
02:51But Incappier's got it.
02:55Locking tight with him, man.
02:58Ryer getting in and again.
02:59Coyote beaten in the air.
03:01Vandenberg wasn't.
03:03Back from Eza.
03:04Just keeping it alive.
03:07That's how it works it back for Rice.
03:09Hasteily.
03:11That's back.
03:14Now Zubomendi.
03:24He's got to get hold of the ball there, Jokre.
03:26He's got to find a better touch than that.
03:29He's got Thiago with the ball over the top.
03:31Wattari getting chase.
03:32Ryer got there first.
03:33It was a close run thing.
03:35But he judged it really well.
03:37He had a little think about it, didn't he?
03:38He was kind of there.
03:39He was going to come and then thought,
03:40I'll just wait and see how this ball skips off the wet turf.
03:44And once he sees it, he's there.
03:47He reads it perfectly.
03:49Yay.
03:51Can't find an avenue to cross, but he can find Gabriel.
03:54Rice.
04:00And the deflection spins it wide.
04:02It's another corner.
04:04First of the second half.
04:06First in front of the Arsenal fans.
04:08It's just good to see an Arsenal player
04:10face up a Brentford player.
04:12And just about keeping his balance.
04:18Odegaard.
04:24And from Timber, really drilled it at Trossard.
04:27And it's out of play for the goal.
04:38Moving off the ball from Rice.
04:39Trossard letting it run for Odegaard.
04:43Nice move.
04:45Not a great finish.
04:48It's almost like he just put too much on it.
04:52Arsenal desperate for these kind of opportunities.
04:54It comes to Odegaard.
04:59You...
05:01And Capier.
05:02Oh!
05:03It's in!
05:03It's Noni Madweke.
05:06A deep ball.
05:08A header back across the face of goal.
05:10And a crucial moment.
05:15On a day where they haven't been potent or perceptive.
05:19One header might be all it takes.
05:25Massive moment for the Gunners.
05:27They haven't been at their best.
05:30It's all about the scoreline.
05:35Wow.
05:35And on a night where I said it was going to be
05:38a moment for a player to step up
05:41and maybe make the difference for Arsenal.
05:44It's Noni Madweke who gets up
05:47and grabs the opportunity.
05:49The header is superb.
05:51I have to say
05:52he uses
05:53the body of the defending player.
05:56I think it's Rico Henry
05:57who's been brilliant all night
05:58in keeping him quiet.
06:00But he just uses his frame
06:02to cushion that header
06:04back across goal.
06:06It's the hardest one
06:07for the goalkeeper to deal with
06:08because his momentum's all going left.
06:11There's not much pace on the header
06:12but it is accurate
06:14and it is in the corner.
06:16And that is a huge moment for Arsenal
06:18and a massive moment for him personally.
06:23Scored at Leeds recently.
06:25That's only his second Premier League goal
06:27since his move across town from Chelsea.
06:30Jetson will be looking at Leeds.
06:34Oh!
06:37They're playing Arsenal at their own game.
06:42There's bodies everywhere.
06:46They're trying to play through the press.
06:48Yeah, that has lost it.
06:50Odegaard
06:50inside the penalty area.
06:52Reiss taking it on!
06:57Just with the barrel loaded
06:58they couldn't pull the trigger.
07:08That could be a big moment
07:10because Brentford now come forward
07:12at the other end.
07:13Eagle, Thiago!
07:18Manu had the option of Wattara
07:20to his right-hand side.
07:21He used him as the decoy.
07:23Fired it in towards goal
07:25and Rairo was equal to it.
07:27Yeah, he had to go it alone, didn't he?
07:31There's no way he could have really
07:32slipped that pass off.
07:34Here's the moment.
07:35That
07:36is
07:36a top piece of defensive play,
07:39I have to say, from Keogh.
07:40How he's got back in there.
07:42Decision might have been shelved
07:43once the goal went in
07:44but
07:44he's coming on now.
07:48Jetson.
07:50Coyote.
07:52And still!
07:54What a block.
07:58Throwing themselves
07:59into the line of fire.
08:01See how much it matters.
08:04I love the celebration.
08:07I mean, it's just brilliant
08:08from Gabriel.
08:09He sees
08:09all the way along the line
08:10the arms are behind the back
08:11and he's just diving
08:12in front of the ball.
08:13I think it hits him
08:15straight in the
08:15side of the face
08:17or head.
08:18As Coyote's doing his best to
08:22run in again
08:23and 1-1
08:26Keane-Lewis-Potter
08:27who is about to be taken off.
08:30Has got himself
08:31on the score sheet.
08:36Another
08:37flight of this ball
08:38is absolutely superb.
08:41The flick is brilliant
08:42on the move
08:43and that's what gets it done
08:44as Vandenberg
08:46glances that across
08:48and Lewis-Potter
08:49is on the move.
08:50That's the difference.
08:52Odegaard stationary
08:53can't adjust quick enough
08:55and the momentum
08:55takes him in.
08:56It's a brilliant head up.
08:58David Rea
08:59got absolutely
08:59no chance of reacting.
09:01Super set piece.
09:10I think the manager
09:11enjoyed it.
09:12Damsgaard.
09:16Letting you go
09:17it's Jordan Henderson
09:18here who's done well
09:19to get it in.
09:19Damsgaard taking it on.
09:22Gabriel for another corner.
09:26There's an awkward ball
09:28to take in your stride
09:30as the cross comes in.
09:31He's got to control
09:33that into the ground.
09:34It bounces up.
09:35I thought it struck his arm
09:36but it did
09:36and it's an important
09:37little nick there.
09:38Thiago trying to get
09:40a wriggle around
09:40the near post.
09:41It's Vandenberg
09:42that clicked it in
09:43and Wattara
09:44threw himself at it
09:45Superman style.
09:47I'm not sure
09:47he was in an
09:48onside position
09:49but
09:50I mean that
09:52the way Zubumendi
09:53is defending that
09:53you've got to look
09:54at the ball
09:54otherwise you're in the risk
09:55of giving a penalty away.
09:57He would have been
09:58onside had he got a touch.
09:59Timbutt
10:00hadn't got out
10:00quick enough.
10:0317 players
10:04in that penalty area.
10:06And the ball
10:07be the ball.
10:09So nearly crept in
10:11at the far post
10:12just took a nick
10:13on its way through
10:13out for a corner.
10:15David Wright
10:16turns around
10:17with the high fives.
10:19I think it's a touch
10:20from him isn't it?
10:21Yes.
10:24That stayed in
10:25twice.
10:28Janel.
10:30Igor Thiago
10:31getting a chase
10:32and he's there
10:33ahead of Mosquera.
10:34Big moment
10:35won this in the title race
10:36and Mosquera
10:38Arsenal hearts
10:39were in their mouth here.
10:41What a touch
10:42and he just doesn't
10:43read the ball there
10:44but to get back in
10:45doesn't give it up
10:46at all.
10:47Knows he's made
10:48the mistake
10:49and that's a fantastic block.
10:51Saiten climax
10:52to a thrilling second half.
10:59Rabonne
10:59flick ball
11:00from Jensen.
11:03Skera wins the battle
11:32of the two number threes.
11:34when North London
11:35came to West
11:36and two points
11:37went west.
11:39Noni Madweke
11:40scoring with Arsenal's
11:41only shot on target
11:43of the night.
11:43The lead lasted
11:45just ten minutes.
11:46Keane,
11:47Lewis Potter
11:47with the equaliser.
11:49Arsenal
11:50given a taste
11:51of their own medicine
11:52conceding from a set piece
11:54and the taste
11:55of their own medicine
11:56a bitter pill
11:57to swallow.
11:58The week
11:59has seen the lead
12:00at the top
12:00go from six points
12:01down to four
12:02and with 12 games
12:04to go
12:04we're in for a
12:05thrilling climax
12:06to this absorbing
12:08Premier League campaign.
12:10It's finished here
12:11at the GTEC.
12:11Brentford won
12:12Arsenal won.
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