LONDON (AP) — Arsenal kicked off 2025 with a 3-1 win over Brentford to move back into second place in the Premier League on Wednesday. Mikel Arteta’s team shook off a slow start at Gtech Community Stadium to leapfrog Nottingham Forest and pull within six points of league leader Liverpool, which has a game in hand.

Arsenal scored two goals in three second-half minutes to complete a 3-1 comeback victory at Brentford to move back up to second in the Premier League.

Arsenal travel to face Brentford on New Year's Day in the only Premier League fixture of the holiday. Arsenal vs. Brentford has been one of the more underrated fixtures in the Premier League since the Bees got promoted under Thomas Frank.

It’s an intriguing London derby to begin 2025 in the top-flight, with Arsenal having the chance to go back second in the table with a fourth consecutive win across all competitions and cut dominant Liverpool’s title lead down to six points in the process.

Follow live coverage as Brentford face Arsenal today in the Premier League. Another top-flight season will be covered in full right here with The Independent, as reigning champions Manchester City look to make it an unprecedented five titles in a row come the end of 2024/25.

Brentford haven't shown any signs over the past 18 months of struggling without Ivan Toney's goals. Having served a long ban last season, he left for Saudi Arabia last summer but during that time,

year-old hit another major career milestone at the same ground where he became the youngest player in top-flight history

T he new year will kick off with quite a Premier League fixture as Brentford host an Arsenal side who are looking to shift their attack into high gear. While the Gunners' defense

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