Summary

  • Arsenal beat Brentford to go top of Premier League for first time in 2024

  • Havertz heads late Gunners winner after Wissa pounced on Ramsdale error to equalise

  • FT: Bournemouth 2-2 Sheff Utd - Ouattara & Unal score as Cherries come from two goals down

  • FT: Crystal Palace 1-1 Luton - Woodrow scores stoppage-time Hatters equaliser

  • FT: Wolves 2-1 Fulham - Ait-Nouri & Semedo give Wanderers victory

  • FT: Man Utd 2-0 Everton - Fernandes & Rashford penalties give Red Devils win

  1. Postpublished at 18:46 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March

    Arsenal 1-1 Brentford

    Arsenal are turning up the pressure and their supporters are turning up the volume.

    Yet another corner. It's an inswinging attempt by Bukayo Saka but referee Rob Jones stops the game as Kristoffer Ajer goes to ground.

  2. Postpublished at 18:43 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March

    Arsenal 1-1 Brentford

    This is fascinating.

    Arsenal know they have to win otherwise it is two points dropped and advantage Liverpool and Manchester City in the title race.

    Kai Havertz crosses the ballImage source, Getty Images
  3. Postpublished at 18:42 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March

    Arsenal 1-1 Brentford

    Michael Brown
    Former Fulham midfielder on BBC Radio 5 Live

    Aaron Ramsdale does well, it's a good punch. There was more pressure on him but he coped. It was a big mistake, but he'll recover.

  4. Postpublished at 18:42 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March

    Arsenal 1-1 Brentford

    A Brentford corner is pinged into the danger area and Aaron Ramsdale's punched clearance falls to Vitaly Janelt whose first time attempt flies wide.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 18:41 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March

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    That is what happens when you treat a really capable goalie with such a total lack of respect which is what Arteta has done. Ramsdale has lost all his match confidence.

    Jim.

  6. Postpublished at 18:40 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March

    Arsenal 1-1 Brentford

    Martin Odegaard gestures towards fans for more noise after Bukayo Saka sends another attempt wide. Supporters respond to Odegaard's request by raising the volume a notch or two.

  7. Postpublished at 18:39 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March

    Arsenal 1-1 Brentford

    High tempo stuff from the Gunners. Brentford have hardly touched the ball since the second half started. The Gunners are pinging it around with confidence but the visitors are well organised at the back.

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  8. Postpublished at 18:38 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March

    Arsenal 1-1 Brentford

    Michael Brown
    Former Fulham midfielder on BBC Radio 5 Live

    Great start from Arsenal, it's exactly what they wanted in the second half.

  9. Postpublished at 18:38 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March

    Arsenal 1-1 Brentford

    Arsenal win a throw-in deep inside Brentford's half within seconds of the re-start. The move ends with Martin Odegaard lashing it high and wide.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 18:36 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March

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    Cpaulc1989: People saying it’s the lack of game time that caused that Ramsdale error but even last season as a regular while he was mostly brilliant he always had errors exactly like that in him. Do people not remember his errors against the likes of Southampton last season?

    Sajamor: Even as a Gunner I can't help feeling sorry for Ramsdale. I never thought he deserved the demotion from the number one goalkeeper's slot and I don't think today justifies the decision. I think it's either a bad day on the worst possible day or ring rust.

  11. KICK-OFFpublished at 18:36 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March

    Arsenal 1-1 Brentford

    As it stands, Liverpool remain top of the table. Will that change in the next 45 minutes? Back under way.

    Vitaly Janelt and Declan RiceImage source, Getty Images
  12. Postpublished at 18:35 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March

    HT: Arsenal 1-1 Brentford

    Arsenal fans attempt to rally around Aaron Ramsdale as he appears for the start of the second half. They stand and applaud the keeper. Big 45 minutes coming up for Ramsdale and Arsenal.

  13. Postpublished at 18:34 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March

    Arsenal 1-1 Brentford

    Michael Brown
    Former Fulham midfielder on BBC Radio 5 Live

    Did Aaron Ramsdale get too confident? You just knew it was going to bounce in the corner.

  14. 'Devastated' for Ramsdalepublished at 18:34 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March

    HT: Arsenal 1-1 Brentford

    Jamie Redknapp
    Former Tottenham midfielder on Sky Sports

    I'm devastated for Aaron Ramsdale. How he must feel right now only he could tell us because when you are in that position as a player and you have given away a goal it's so difficult you can see it.

    He has got to show some real character now in this second half.

    It's great that all of his team-mates are coming around him but the last thing you want after that is a cuddle.

  15. 'Poor Aaron Ramsdale'published at 18:33 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March

    HT: Arsenal 1-1 Brentford

    John Murray
    Commentator on BBC Radio 5 Live

    Poor Aaron Ramsdale, he looks as though his heart is broken heading down into the tunnel. That's what happens in the Premier League, one mistake is punished.

  16. Postpublished at 18:32 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March

    HT: Arsenal 1-1 Brentford

    Back to the Emirates, where home fans are still digesting that howler from Aaron Ramsdale.

  17. 'We can't have a go one week and be passive the next'published at 18:31 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March

    FT: Bournemouth 2-2 Sheff Utd

    Sheffield United

    Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder, speaking to Sky Sports: "We have been too inconsistent. We have produced performances like that and we need to do that between now and the end of the season. We can't go from a team that has a go one week and passive the next.

    "We are really stretched but the boys are putting their hands up and putting in a performance like that hopefully gives us something to build on.

    "It was a mismatch on a couple of the corners. We had taken our height off and replaced them with smaller players.

    "We have to take the narrative. That is how it is. We have to take responsibility. Sometimes there is a story under the story, from an injury point of view. But you are in this division for a reason. We know it is global and we like to take the accolades of playing at top grounds and top players, but when it doesn't go right you are there to be shot at, some cheaply and some intelligently. If you want to be in this division you have to accept all that."

  18. 'We have to be clinical and ruthless'published at 18:29 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March

    FT: Wolves 2-1 Fulham

    Fulham

    Fulham boss Marco Silva, speaking to BBC Match of the Day: "We have to be frustrated. Big disappointment for us.

    "We did create enough chances to win this game, that is the reality. First half it was just chances for you and some clear ones.

    "We started really, really bad in the second half,. Not with the intensity we want and gave them the chance to press us. We gave them the ball in positions we shouldn't and the goals come from those moments.

    "Our reaction was good, we created some clear chances to get a goal back. We created much more than them but the reality is we lost the game because of some mistakes from us.

    "They changed nothing. We lost three or four balls in five minutes in our build up, not from pressure from the opposition. It creates momentum for them and they took advantage of it.

    "Some great saves from Jose Sa, but with chances we had, you expect the ball to be in the net. We have to be clinical and ruthless at this level, we weren’t and we were punished by those mistakes."

  19. 'We have a team with good character'published at 18:27 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March

    FT: Wolves 2-1 Fulham

    Wolves

    Wolves goalscorer Rayan Ait-Nouri, speaking to BBC Match of the Day: "I’m very happy to score my first goal of the season. And we won, so a very good day for me.

    "We have a team with good character, the fans create a good atmosphere and we did a first half and we came back in the second and scored two goals. It’s very good for momentum."

    On injuries: "It’s hard for us, we lost two players but we have good character and the others players come in and do a good job.

    On Gary O'Neil: "Very happy. The team and the coach give me a lot of confidence and I want to give back. I played a little bit more in front, it’s good.

    "They do a great job. He’s very good with us, he helped the team a lot and I’m very happy to work with him. Hopefully it can continue like this."

  20. 'Physically we were out on our feet'published at 18:25 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March

    FT: Bournemouth 2-2 Sheff Utd

    Sheffield United

    Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder, speaking to BBC MOTD: "We needed that performance first and foremost. Mixed emotions. The players were putting bodies everywhere. The physical aspect of it in the Premier League you have to be right up there.

    "There's a lot to that performance but physically we were out on our feet. We found that bit extra to get a result.

    "We all had to stand up. This has been one of the hardest weeks we have had in football after what happened on Monday night.

    "It wasn't a free-flowing performance, we dug in there and hung in there.

    "It is just the consistency as well. When teams do what they do to you, like Villa for half an hour and Arsenal for 45 minutes, they tear you apart and the gulf becomes enormous. There's a lot of moving parts to this season. I think pundits take the easy way out saying they are the worst team in the Premier League, but you have to look at the injuries and in terms of being able to put a consistent side out.

    "We are off the bottom, we will enjoy that. I am not jumping through hoops and no medals are being handed out for being off the bottom. We have to show the consistency.

    "There is the narrative isn't there? That Sheffield United are the worst team in the world, Burnley are waiting to kick in and Luton are going for Europe - that seems to be the narrative. Luton have done fantastically well and I have a lot of admiration for what Vincent Kompany has done, but that's the narrative."