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.

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.

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.

Arsenal vs. Brentford has been one of the more underrated fixtures in the Premier League since the Bees got promoted under Thomas Frank. The Bees dominated the Gunners in their first game back in the top flight back in 2021, but since then the Gunners are 5-1-0. Don't let the overall record deceive you, this fixture is tightly contested.

Brentford boss Thomas Frank, speaking to TNT Sports: "I think we did a lot of things right and overall it was a good performance. The first half was extremely good and I liked the way we played - we were brave on the ball.

Despite missing Bukaya Saka, the Gunners got the job done and have a chance to pull within three points of Liverpool

Mikel Arteta’s side leapfrog Nottingham Forest and move six points off top spot with fourth successive victory

LONDON — Arsenal is back into second place in the Premier League and in no rush to add players in the transfer window. Mikel Arteta’s team beat Brentford 3-1 on Wednesday to leapfrog Nottingham Forest and close the gap on league leader Liverpool to six points.

Arsenal made no mistake against Brentford as it narrowed the gap to Liverpool at the top of the Premier League, although Mikel Arteta's side does face a tricky set of fixtures.