Havertz late strike flies Arsenal to the summit of the Premier league

Brentford, 

Saturday, 25 November, 2023 

McCreadie Andias 

Kai Havertz struck late to give Arsenal a late 1-0 Victory over Brentford in the English Premier league on Saturday night. 

The Gunners were held firmly throughout the 80 minutes with Brentford sealing their defense tight to prevent Arsenal from sniffing their net. 

Aaron Ramsdale who stood in for David Raya almost offered a gift to Bryan Mbeumo. Fortunately, Declan Rice was on the scene to bail out his goalkeeper.

Arsenal had almost went up in the first half when Leonardo Trossard opened the scoresheet only for his goal to be disallowed for an offside. 

Inside the second half, Brentford posed the biggest threat, and Neal Maupay came ever so close to giving the Bees the lead, but his header was superbly denied by Oleksandr Zinchenko.

Arsenal pushed more harder towards the closing minutes of the match with their efforts finally paying off after substitute Kai Havertz prodded his header through the legs of Mark Flekken to give the gunner all the three points that sent them to the top of the table. 

Arsenal lead the standings with 30 Points, 1 more above Manchester city who drew third place Liverpool at Etihad Stadium on Saturday, Afternoon.