Arsenal: very good indeed. Arsenal having a player born after Dennis Bergkamp retired and who never knew Highbury: a terrifying and unwelcome reminder of our own mortality.
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And for a final, decisive dose of symbolism about not just Arsenal’s direction of travel but the long-term nature of what they are attempting to achieve – or really bring back – for the club, Arteta ended a quite brilliant afternoon by bringing on a 15-year-old substitute. A player who wasn’t born when Dennis Bergkamp retired. A player who has only ever known Arsenal to have one stadium, for fu…
Saliba is a fascinating case. For all your Gabriel Jesuses and your Aleksandar Zinchenkos, Saliba has surely been the most transformative player in this Arsenal team. The tantalising ‘what if?’ is what would have happened had he been part of Arsenal’s rather than Marseille’s squad last season? Would the ending of the 2021/22 season have been different? Or would he not quite be the player he has become? Right now, Arsenal fans don’t really give a shit. And you know what? Fair enough.
It would be a bit of a stretch to claim, as plenty have, that beating Brentford away is of particular note. The GTEch is no fortress. They lost nine Premier League games here last season. Of those nine defeats, only two were by more than a single goal. A 3-1 defeat to Manchester United that was goalless at half-time and a 2-0 defeat to Newcastle in which Brentford played 80 minutes with 10 men.
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