The goal of Yoane Wissa earned Brentford a 1-1 draw with Arsenal in the Emirates Stadium on Saturday and pushed Liverpool closer to the Premier League title.
Four days after the thrashing of Real Madrid 3-0 in the first stage of their Champions League quart final draw, Arsenal needed more than an hour to break down the stubborn visitors to Thomas Frank.
Thomas Partey finished about Mark Flekken after the midweek hero of the Gunners Declan Rice led a devastating counterattack from a corner of Brentford.
Arsenal had previously not allowed a potential opener to use semi-automated offside technology to make his Premier League debut this weekend after tests in the FA Cup.
Kieran Tierney led Ethan Nwaneris looking home home, but repetitions showed that the scot came back from an offside position.
The goal of Pitey was a rare high point when Arsenal struggled for creativity, and Brentford was back on level terms in the 74th minute.
From the second phase of a half -colored corner, the lost cross of Michael Kayode was returned to the goal by Nathan Collins, and Wissa improvised brilliantly to finish in turn.
Replace Bukayo Saka curled just wide in the stop time when Arsenal could not find a winner, and they were forced to finish the game with 10 men because of an injury to Jorginho, who took place after the hosts had used all their replacements.
A second consecutive league match for Arsenal means that Liverpool needs a maximum of nine points to secure the title, while Brentford is climbing over Crystal Palace to turn 11th.
Data Debrief: Landmark Strike for Wissa
The goal of Wissa was his 15th in the Premier League this season, so he placed one behind his teammate Bryan Mbeumo at 16.
Brentford is the first team with two players score 15 goals in the competition this campaign, while Wissa is the first player to ever have 15 non-Penalty goals for the bees in one Premier League season.
Wissa is also a maximum of 50 target involvement at the Premier League (41 goals, nine assists), with Mbeumo (64) the only other Brentford player who brought up for half a century.
Brentford has certainly obtained the most from their limited opportunities, held on an expected goals (XG) in total only 0.19th the fourth lowest by a team that has avoided the defeat in a Premier League match this season.
Two of the other three also met Arsenal – Everton had 0.09 xg and Fulham had 0.16 xg when the sides held the Gunners in December.
This season, Arsenal has now dropped 16 points of winning positions-slecht one less than combined in the past two campaigns (eight in 2022-23, nine in 2023-24).
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