Kai Havertz went to ground very easily against the Bees at the Emirates Stadium.
Arsenal kept up their momentum in the Premier League title race with a late win against Brentford - but the Bees took to social media to take aim at one diving Gunners star.are vying with Manchester City and Liverpool for the top flight crown this season in a three-horse race for the title.
Declan Rice - a summer signing from West Ham United - put Arsenal in front at the Emirates Stadium inside the opening 20 minutes.- restored to the starting team in place of the ineligible David Raya, who is on loan from Brentford - to put the Bees back of level terms. It looked like the spoils were going to be shared between the two sides, but another Arsenal summer signing in the form of Kai Havertz nodded home Ben White's cross for what proved to be the winner.The German international was already on a yellow card when he went down in the box as he sought a penalty - but there appeared to be no contact whatsoever from Brentford defender Nathan Collins and looked very much to be an act of simulation.
Brentford boss Thomas Frank made it clear after the game that he felt Havertz ought to have been given his marching orders and not been on the pitch therefore to score the vital winner. He told Sky Sports: "I actually don’t think Havertz should be on the pitch when he scored. It was a clear dive.They might have lost the game, but Brentford have certainly won the argument with this particular incident.
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