Arsenal 1-1 Brentford: Yoane Wissa cancels out Thomas Partey’s opener as Gunners drop points for fifth time in last seven Premier League games
- Arsenal dropped points for the fifth time in their last seven league matches
- Thomas Partey fired the Gunners ahead but Brentford’s Yoane Wissa equalised
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Arsenal dropped points for the fifth time in seven Premier League games as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Brentford in Saturday’s London derby at the Emirates.
The result left the Gunners 10 points behind leaders Liverpool with only 18 points left the play for.
Kieran Tierney had a goal disallowed by semi-automated VAR technology in the first half before Thomas Partey opened the scoring for real on 61 minutes.
Partey was later subbed off with an injury.
Yoane Wissa then equalised for Brentford with his 16th goal of the season.
More to follow.
Brentford came from behind to hold Arsenal to a 1-1 draw at the Emirates on Saturday evening
Thomas Partey opened the scoring for the Gunners in the 61st minute of Saturday’s match
But Brentford hit back courtesy of striker Yoane Wissa’s 16th goal of the 2024-25 season
No 3 Kieran Tierney thought he had given Arsenal the lead after finding the net in the first half
But the goal was disallowed after a VAR review, with the decision shown on the big screen
Semi-automated offside technology was used to prove Tierney had been in an offside position
Partey broke the deadlock for real by firing past Mark Flekken to finish off a counter-attack
But Mikel Arteta’s side were pegged back and failed to collect maximum points yet again
