The top team in the English Premier League looks to grab a midweek victory on Wednesday, as Arsenal gets set to host Brentford. Arsenal has not quite found a way to distance itself from the pack, but the club that has come close to finishing at the top of the mountain in recent years is doing its best to stay in first place.

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Arsenal has regained its five-point lead in the Premier League by beating Brentford 2-0 despite being without a slew of its top players because of injury or rotation.

Enzo Maresca believes how Chelsea go through the December and January fixtures would determine whether his team can be considered contenders for the Premier League title.

Santiago Gimenez’s agent, Rafaela Pimenta, says that potential interest from Premier League clubs would be ‘normal’ but denies that his client will leave Milan in January.Gimenez’s agent,

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has urged Arsenal supporters to turn up at Emirates Stadium "like animals" against Brentford as his team aims to maintain their lead at the top of the Premier League. Mikel Merino and Bukayo Saka were on target as Arsenal kept the initiative in the Premier League title race with a routine 2-0 win over Brentford.