Excellent stuff.

Bernd Leno puts Pablo Mari under pressure with a short pass and Brentford are onto it sharply.

They press and Mari has to concede a throw inside his own half.

Luke: Blimey its like Paul McCartney at Glastonbury in that ground tonight. Fans are football. Not the owners, not the money, not the players. Just the fans.

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Brentford try to feed in Ivan Toney on the left but Nicolas Pepe nips in and steals it.

It's switched across to the left and Arsenal will look to retain possession now.

Christian Norgaard comes crashing into Emile Smith Rowe.

You won't get away with that in the Premier League, unfortunately.

Brentford want to keep the ball and so far they are doing a fairly good job of it.

Mikel Arteta gestures to his players to push up and put more pressure on.

Gabriel Martinelli is almost teed up by Albert Sambi Lokonga in the box but it's too high for him.

A bright start from Arsenal and they have a corner within 40 seconds.

Off we go!

Michael Brown
Former Man City midfielder on BBC Radio 5 Live

If Arsenal lose this game tonight, the supporters will not care which young players are out, where the players are, the pressure is on these players on the pitch tonight.

There will be no excuses, they've got Chelsea and Manchester City in the next two games, it's not acceptable to the supporters anymore and that is why the pressure is on Mikel Arteta.

There it is!

Thomas Frank gets a warm applause too. He encourages the crowd to keep the noise up.

A few are still singing along to "Hey Jude".

Here come the players. Arsenal are out first, led by Granit Xhaka.

The Brentford fans barely acknowledge them, they are in full voice still.

There will surely be a huge roar for the home team though...

There's a lights show going on in Brentford now too.

This really is awesome!

Almost ready to go!

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Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer at The Brentford Community Stadium

Brentford manager Thomas Frank has just delivered a message to the home fans on the big screen - not sure they heard it above the noise.

Great atmosphere inside this stadium.

The 60th stadium to host a Premier League game.

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Brentford

"The day we thought would never come is here," lifelong Brentford fan Ian Westbrook tells us from west London.

"The atmosphere is electric and everyone feels just so happy to be here - back at football, in the new stadium and in the Premier League.

"It's brilliant to see some people for the first time in 18 months and we're all going to make the most of every game. Everyone is up for it."

Jon Featonby: Super excited for Ethan Pinnock tonight. His class was clear when he was at Dulwich Hamlet and now into the premier league. Great to see.

Arsenal

Arsenal defender Ben White to Sky Sports: "Obviously it's a much bigger club. The plan the gaffer has ahead of the season is an exciting one. I think I'll fit in well.

"I played with [Brentford striker] Ivan Toney at Peterborough United and he was a really good lad.

"He showed his quality in the Championship last season so I'm looking forward to it. It should be a good game."

The atmosphere is absolutely brilliant!

Alex Browning: Lots criticising the Arsenal team and, whilst in some ways little has changed, excited with the selection to see the young players in action, including White and Lokonga. Many have great potential for this season as well as beyond!