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Brentford humiliate Arsenal 2-0 in first EPL match after 74-years

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Premier League newcomer, Brentford marked their return to top-flight English football after over 70 years with a shocking 2-0 victory over Arsenal in the opening game of the 2021/22 season.

Mikel Arteta’s side suffered a major blow to their starting eleven as they were forced to begin the season without captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and fellow experienced striker, Alexandre Lacazette.

Sergi Canos scored Brentford’s opener (22′)and the first goal of the season to mark their return after 74 years in style while Christian Nørgaard’s 73rd-minute goal sealed all three points for the hosts.

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Arsenal were toothless up front and failed to pose a major threat to the defence of the Bees as they watched the hosts take the three points to go top of the summit in their first match back.

Ivan Toney is given a deserved man of the match by Sky as Brentford registered their first top-flight victory since April 1947 against Leeds United, while they became the first London team to win their first-ever Premier League game; none of the previous nine had won (D5 L4).

According to Google stats, the defeat is Arsenal’s first by a newly promoted side in their opening league match of the season for the first time since 1976-77 against Bristol City at Highbury (W5 D2 in between).
The Gunners will end tonight bottom of the Premier League for the first time since August 9th, 2015, when they lost 2-0 to West Ham United.
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