Arsenal beat Brentford 2-0 at the Emirates Stadium with goals from Mikel Merino and Bukayo Saka to move five points clear at the top of the Premier League table

Arsenal moved five points clear at the top of the table after a crucial victory over Brentford and a number of their players impressed. However, the game brought fresh injury worries

Once more it was Mikel Merino who scored the Gunners' opener, heading beyond Caoimhin Kelleher after Ben White and Noni Madueke combined well down the right. David Raya then pulled off an incredible save from Kevin Schade, tipping the German's header onto the woodwork.

In the second half, Bukayo Saka and Eberechi Eze were brought off the bench as Arsenal looked to exert control. And it would be Saka whose goal proved the difference at th

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