Fifteen-year-old Ethan Navaneri turned the youngest participant in Premier League historical past to return on as an alternative choice to Arsenal as they returned to the highest of the Premier League with a snug 3-0 win at Brentford on Sunday.
Goals from William Saliba and Gabriel Jesus gave Mikel Arteta’s facet a 2-0 lead on the break earlier than Fabio Vieira accomplished the win within the 54th minute.
The 15-year-old got here in as an alternative choice to Vieira within the second minute of 181-day Navaneri stoppage time, the primary participant underneath the age of 16 to play within the competitors.
The final youngest participant to hitch the league was Harvey Elliott, now of Liverpool, who was 16 years, 38 days previous when he made his top-flight debut for Fulham.
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Arsenal suffered their first defeat of the season of their final outing at Manchester United, however by no means regarded in peril, controlling the sport from the beginning.
Saliba took issues ahead within the seventeenth minute, shifting the guests in direction of a nook within the away submit from Bukayo Saka.
Another header, 11 minutes later, doubled Arsenal’s benefit, with Grant Xhaka taking out Gabriel Jesus with a wonderfully floated cross from the left, which the Brazilian discovered powerfully.
The recreation was put forward of Brentford within the fourth minute after the break as a consequence of a beautiful strike from outdoors the field by Portuguese midfielder Fabio Vieira, who went off the submit.
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“We have a different mindset this season. We keep going and training as we play and classes with players that can make a difference,” stated Arsenal midfielder Jhaka.
“More than happy we are on a good path but there is still a long way to go,” he stated.
Arsenal are one level behind defending champions Manchester City within the opening seven video games of the season and north London rivals Tottenham Hotspur are additionally on 18 factors with 17 factors.
The defeat left Brentford in ninth place with 9 factors however supervisor Thomas Frank stated they’d misplaced to the true title contenders.
“We misplaced 3-0 to primary within the Premier League. I stated earlier they’re the highest facet. I believe we did effectively, not 10 out of 10, however if you wish to win or a flying workforce If you wish to obtain one thing, you can’t settle for the set piece first after which the opposite,” he stated.
“We lost the game, I hate to lose (but) they are top of the table so you can’t argue with that, they have done well. Looking at the quality, he should be a contender for the title.”
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
