If at first you don’t succeed, attempt to attempt once more. Ivan Toney has lived by that. The Brentford striker squandered two superb probabilities on the Emirates, earlier than lastly equalising to earn the Bees a completely merited draw.Earlier than this afternoon, solely Eddie Howe’s Newcastle had taken some extent off the Gunners on the Emirates Stadium within the Premier League this season. Thomas Frank shifted to a again three and his gamers recovered from a barely nervy begin to thwart Mikel Arteta’s facet whereas threatening on the break.Toney is Brentford’s main marksman this season and solely Erling Haaland and Harry Kane have been extra prolific within the entirety of the division. Nonetheless, for therefore lengthy on the Emirates it appeared as if it simply wasn’t going to be Toney’s day.When the Bees lastly reduce by means of Arsenal within the first half, Mbeumo and Toney mixed fluidly. The Cameroonian crossed for his strike associate, who inexplicably struck the crossbar.READ MOREIt was a poor miss from a participant so accustomed to netting when his staff want it most. By the point midfielder Christian Norgaard squared for Toney within the second half, Brentford deserved to guide.Toney couldn’t grant them that nevertheless, putting extensive when choosing energy would certainly have labored out higher.Leandro Trossard, the Arsenal substitute, due to this fact took it upon himself to open the scoring, steering in when Bukayo Saka had crossed so sumptuously that the Belgian might solely have missed the goal if he’d tried to.Brentford’s No 17 was by no means cowed by the frustration of his earlier misses and levelled on 74 minutes when glorious work by Norgaard and Ethan Pinnock to maintain a free-kick alive resulted within the former volleying throughout the goalmouth for Toney to pounce.It confirmed the struggle and resilience that Toney has confirmed all through his profession, studying the commerce at Northampton City and by no means hiding when his spell at Newcastle between 2015 and 2018 didn’t work out. Now he’s a family title, acquired an England call-up in September, and is inspiring his facet in the direction of a European push.When requested final week about the potential for reaching European soccer for subsequent season, Thomas Frank smiled and mentioned: “I’m a dreamer.” The complete Brentford staff can begin dreaming. Toney’s objectives enable them to.
Toney resilience typifies Brentford’s dream push for Europe
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