You might think Arsenal players would be celebrating a brilliant 3-0 win over Brentford but, instead, they’re focussed on events long ago.
The Gunners were an incredible force in west London, as they You defeated the Bees easilyThanks to Fabio Vieira, Gabriel Jesus, William Saliba and Gabriel Jesus for their goals.
Mikel Arteta, Manager of Premier League, even created Premier League history. Ethan NwaneriThe youngest player to appear in the division.
He was 15 years old and 181 day when he entered Vieira.
And yet, after the result, it appears at least one Arsenal player – Gabriel – was still thinking about a game more than a year ago.
A newly promoted Brentford team beat them 2-0 at Gtech Community Stadium in August 2021.
After the clash Ivan Toney tweeted: “It was a great time with the boys..”
Arteta was rattled at the time, and Arteta used it as inspiration to win 2-1 at Emirates Stadium in February.
Ahead of the game, he showed his players the tweet, and, as revealed on All or Nothing, he shouted: “Before I go, because it’s still in my stomach and I have managed to keep it for four months, five months, six months.
“This is Toney after the game when we played at Brentford. Do you know what he did?! Did you see his tweet? Great kicking about with the boys.
“So today they play in our house, guys there is only one team on that f****** pitch – and it’s us! Only one team, it’s like they don’t play football.
“We take that fing ball, we take the game, we go for it and let’s f****** win this game!”
They did, with Alexandre Lacazette parrotting Toney’s tweet after the game.
Gabriel, the defender, has now tweeted the same, almost a year after the defeat.
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