After thrashing Charlton in their first friendly match at the Emirates as they build up to the Premier League’s return, Arsenal were brought back down to Earth by Brentford on Wednesday.
A week before Mikel Arteta’s men return to competitive action against Manchester City, the Gunners fell to a 3-2 defeat to the Championship promotion hopefuls.
Arteta began the previous encounter against Lee Bowyer’s side with what, on paper, looked to be a more definitive first XI taking the field, before swapping to a mostly second-string side in the second period.
On this occasion, the Spaniard switched things up, mixing his personnel. They led the behind closed doors match 1-0 at the break through a goal from Joe Willock - who had also scored a fine
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