It’s a New Year and the same Arsenal.
The Gunners had the chance to move within six points of Liverpool on New Years Day as they made the short trip to Brentford. And the first serving of Premier League football in the New Year made for great viewing as the Gunners dispatched Brentford.
Mikkel Damsgaard rewound the clock to Euro 2020, but his efforts were undone in a whirlwind few minutes from Mikel Merino and Gabriel Martinelli as Mikel Arteta’s side came out on top. And Daily Star Sport has a look at what Arteta got right.
Gabriel Jesus hasn’t exactly been a hot shot at the Gunners this season, but Arteta has helped him to start finding the net again in recent weeks.
Jesus netted his first goal of the season, and then very quickly his second, against Ipswich before Christmas – and despite drawing a blank against Ipswich, the Brazilian was back on the scoresheet against Brentford.
“This revival from Gabriel Jesus is one of my favourite things this season. Such a enjoyable footballer when he’s on it,” one fan said. While a second shared: “Gabriel Jesus with an actual natural striker’s instinct rebound finish!”
Arsenal are phenomenal from set-pieces, there is no denying it. However, it can’t be the only feather in their cap.
On Wednesday evening, the Gunners looked like their slick-selves as they knocked the ball around the G-tech with a swagger that is reserved for champions.
“Open play again, ole ole,” the Arsenal fans chanted. Martinelli’s was the pick of the bunch – picking up a loose ball in the Brentford area taking a touch, flicking it up, and volleying it past Mark Flekken into the far corner of the goal.
Liverpool are sailing away with the Premier League – and a big reason boils down to the Gunners’ form on the road. In their last seven away games, before the trip to Brentford, Arteta’s side had dropped points in five of them.
It’s that kind of statistic that has left them cut adrift from the pacesetters
If the Gunners can address their form away from home, and cross all their fingers and toes that Liverpool slip, who knows what the title picture could look like come May.
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