Leandro Trossard looked like the hero of the Arsenal game.
Then Ivan Toni equalized and paid tribute to his teammate Sergi Canos, whose mother had passed away.
“We are all with you, SergeyHe wrote on the shirt he pulled up.
Arsenal finally managed to break through Brentford, but it was only enough to get a cross.
In the first hour it was the visitors who created the best chances, with Evan Toni hitting the crossbar just before the break.
Gabriel Martinelli had a tough game again, replaced by Leandro Trossard in the 62nd minute. He would turn out to be a stroke of genius. For just four minutes after that, he was giving Arsenal the lead, when he headed home 1-0 off a Bukayo Saka pass.
Trossard’s first game at his new club, and it looked like it was going to be a dream afternoon for the Belgian.
Beautiful tribute: “We are with you”
Then Tony pulled ahead and tied it with a quarter to go. After the goal, he ran to the bench and showed a T-shirt that read: “We are all with you, Sergey“.
The shirt referred to his team-mate Sergi Kanos (on loan at Olympiacos), whose mother passed away earlier this week.
Kanus, who is forever inscribed in the club’s history books when he became their first top scorer in the Premier League two years ago, against Arsenal in particular.
Arsenal were unable to score the winning goal and the match ended 1–1. They are now six points ahead of Manchester City, with the same number of matches played.
– Of course, it’s nice to score a goal, but it’s disappointing that they equalized. It’s tough and rough but we did it all well, it’s hard to get holes at Brentford, Trossard tells the BBC.