The Brentford striker may have inadvertedly swung the title race in Arsenal’s favour with a brace in a memorable 2-1 away win at Manchester City on Saturday afternoon
Ivan Toney is the toast of the red half of north London after the Brentford striker netted both goals in a 2-1 win over Manchester City and boost Arsenal’s title chances in the process.
Regardless of what happened in the Gunners game away at Wolves, Toney’s brace meant Mikel Arteta’s side would sit top of the table on Christmas Day for the first time in 15 years. Thankfully from Arsenal’s perspective, they ran out 2-0 winners at the Molineux to increase their advantage over Pep Guardiola’s men to five points.
37 points from their first 14 games marks Arsenal’s best ever start to a league season, yet still so many, including members of their own fanbase, are refusing to get wrapped up in talk of a title charge.
Whether they care to admit it or not, the Gunners faithful will take comfort from Brentford’s inspired display as it shows the mighty City are in fact beatable. Toney explained how the Bees approached the mental aspect of the task with comments that should make for interesting reading for Arsenal’s players.