The Brentford Community Stadium only holds bad memories for Mikel Arteta.
It’s where his side’s atrocious start to the last campaign began after goals from Sergi Canos and Christian Norgaard helped the Bees to a historic victory on their top-flight return. Arsenal went on to lose their next two Premier League matches after that, eventually finding themselves bottom after the opening three weeks of the season, with zero goals scored and nine conceded.
Of the nine goals the Gunners shipped, a third came from some form of set-piece. Perhaps the worst was the second goal conceded against the Bees when a long throw from Mads Bech Sorensen was allowed to bounce in the six-yard box before Norgaard arrived at the far post to head into an empty net.
