Arsenal vs Brentford LIVE: Premier League result and final score after late Kai Havertz goal

Arsenal 2-1 Brentford: Havertz was the hero as the Gunners back to the top of the Premier League table ahead of Liverpool vs Man City

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Kai Havertz headed Arsenal back to the top of the table as he finally broke Brentford’s stubborn resistance to claim an eighth successive Premier League win.

Havertz’s 86th-minute goal, his fourth in as many league outings, sealed a 2-1 victory at the Emirates Stadium in a game which remained in the balance until the final whistle after keeper Aaron Ramsdale’s error had gifted the Bees an equaliser.

Ramsdale’s blunder in first-half stoppage time allowed Yoanne Wissa to cancel out Declan Rice’s opener, but Havertz struck with four minutes remaining to leave the Gunners in pole position ahead of Sunday’s mouth-watering clash between Liverpool and Manchester City.

Follow live updates from Arsenal vs Brentford in today’s match blog, and get all the latest match odds and tips, here:

Arsenal vs Brentford LIVE: Latest Premier League updates

• FULL TIME! Havertz heads late winner as Arsenal beat Brentford 2-1
• Gunners go top for first time since Christmas ahead of Liverpool vs Man City tomorrow
• 86’ GOAL! Havertz scores late header from another White cross (2-1)
• 45+3’ GOAL! Ramsdale makes huge error as he is closed down by Wissa (1-1)
• 19’ GOAL! Rice heads sixth PL goal of the season from White cross (1-0)

[9 March 2024 19:30 · Jamie Braidwood]

FULL TIME! Arsenal 2-1 Brentford

And there’s full-time! Arsenal have done it! They are top!

Havertz is the hero!

[9 March 2024 19:29 · Jamie Braidwood]

Arsenal 2-1 Brentford

One last chance for Brentford to get it forward... foul!

[9 March 2024 19:27 · Jamie Braidwood]

Arsenal 2-1 Brentford

90+5 mins: Toney and Gabriel go head to head as Arsenal look to kill the game off...

Arteta’s side are almost there.

[9 March 2024 19:23 · Jamie Braidwood]

Arsenal 2-1 Brentford

90+1 mins: There’s a check for a penalty after Gabriel goes down... nothing given.

[9 March 2024 19:22 · Jamie Braidwood]

Arsenal 2-1 Brentford

90 minutes: There will be SEVEN minutes of added time! Arsenal are going top as it stands.

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[9 March 2024 19:17 · Jamie Braidwood]

GOAL! Arsenal 2-1 Brentford (HAVERTZ 86’)

THAT’S A HUGE GOAL!

It’s Havertz! Four in a row!

This is his biggest goal yet for Arsenal. With the pressure mounting, White got to the byline and clipped a ball into the box. Havertz was there are the near post and thunders a header past Flekken to break Brentford hearts! The goalkeeper got a touch but it wasn’t enough!

An eruption of noise around the Emirates as Arteta tears down the touchline!

[9 March 2024 19:13 · Jamie Braidwood]

Arsenal 1-1 Brentford

82 mins: Are Arsenal really going to blow the chance to go top of the Premier League, with Liverpool and Manchester City facing each other tomorrow?

You can feel the nerves around the Emirates... can Arsenal find a late winner to keep their winning run going?

[9 March 2024 19:10 · Jamie Braidwood]

Arsenal 1-1 Brentford

78 mins: A double Brentford change, including the introduction of Neal Maupay for the scorer Wissa.

It’s followed by Arteta replacing Trossard and Kiwior by Reiss Nelson and Oleksandr Zinchenko.

[9 March 2024 19:06 · Jamie Braidwood]

Arsenal 1-1 Brentford

74 mins: OFF THE BAR! So close from Rice - and what a goal this would have been! His curling effort from 25 yards hits the upright, inches from the top corner. That’s the closest Arsenal have come.

[9 March 2024 19:01 · Jamie Braidwood]

Arsenal 1-1 Brentford

71 mins: Another birlliant Ramsdale save! This time from Collins’s header!