Arsenal kept their bid for Champions League qualification firmly on track as second-half goals from Emile Smith Rowe and Bukayo Saka secured a 2-1 victory against Brentford at the Emirates Stadium.
Mikel Arteta’s side stay sixth in the table, but they move level on points with West Ham, who they have three games in hand on. They are also now one point behind fourth-placed Manchester United, who face Leeds at Elland Road on Super Sunday, and the Gunners have two games in hand on Ralf Rangnick’s side.
Arsenal went in frustrated at half-time after dominating the first half without finding a breakthrough.
  Alexandre Lacazette saw an effort ruled out for a narrow offside call as Arsenal had 16 shots – a record for a side in the first half in the Premier League this season – but they only had two on target as the sides went in level at 0-0.
However, any frustrations were short-lived for the Gunners, who took the lead early in the second half as Smith Rowe skipped between two defenders before slotting past Raya and into the bottom corner for his 10th goal of the season in all competitions.
The points were seemingly wrapped up at the Emirates Stadium when Saka finished off a superb Arsenal counter-attack with a strike that hit the inside of the post and went in.
