Failure to capitalise on a pair of Aaron Ramsdale blunders would come back to bite Brentford in their showdown with the Gunners last Saturday, where Mikel Arteta’s men were indebted to all of Declan Rice, Oleksandr
Zinchenko and Kai Havertz in the capital clash.After Rice and Zinchenko produced phenomenal goal-line clearances to deny Bryan Mbeumo and Neal Maupay respectively,
Havertz did exactly what he was brought off the bench to do, latching onto Bukayo Saka’s cross to the back post and heading home
through the legs of Mark Flekken in the 89th minute.Failing to score in a Premier League home game for the first time in 2023 and the
third time overall – having also been shut out by Arsenal in the EFL Cup and West Ham United in the FA Cup – Brentford lost their grip on a top-half spot in the table and occupy
11th place with a third of the season gone, albeit only behind local foes Chelsea on goal difference.With the Blues not in action until
they meet Brighton & Hove Albion on Sunday, Brentford will sneak back into the top 10 if they can avoid a third successive Premier League
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loss this weekend, having also drawn a blank in a 3-0 defeat to Liverpool, but only two of their eight home games so far this term have ended in victory.Furthermore, Arsenal’s shut-out at the
Gtech Community Stadium last weekend ended the Bees’ 19-game Premier League scoring streak in front of their own fans, but
not since the Bees’ days in the doldrums of League One in 2011-12 have they suffered three successive league losses without scoring in any of them.
