Arsenal's English midfielder Emile Smith Rowe (R) celebrates with Arsenal's French striker Alexandre Lacazette (L) after scoring the opening goal of the English Premier League football match between Arsenal and Brentford at the Emirates Stadium in London on February 19, 2022. - - (Photo by IAN KINGTON/AFP via Getty Images)

Lacazette & Smith Rowe troll Brentford after Saturday’s win

Feb 20, 2022

Alexandre Lacazette took to Twitter to troll Brentford striker Ivan Toney after Arsenal’s victory over The Bees on Saturday.

Brentford v Arsenal Premier League Brentford s Ivan Toney and Arsenals Pablo Mari during the Premier League match at the Brentford Community Stadium, Brentford Copyright: Daniel Hambury

On the opening day of the season, Brentford earned a shock win over Arsenal in their first Premier League game following promotion from the Championship.

Brentford striker Ivan Toney took the opportunity to rub the victory in Arsenal faces, tweeting that it was a “nice kick about with the boys”.

That tweet would have been particularly frustrating to Alexandre Lacazette, who was one of the players to miss the game due to a positive Covid-19 test.

On Saturday, the roles were reversed. Lacazette started in a 2-1 win for Arsenal over Brentford, whilst Toney could only watch on at home after he failed a late fitness test.

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Lacazette made sure to get his revenge on Toney after the game.

https://twitter.com/LacazetteAlex/status/1495132771479605250

Emile Smith Rowe also got in on the act, replying to Lacazette’s tweet:

https://twitter.com/emilesmithrowe/status/1495140258802974722

LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 19: Martin Odegaard of Arsenal is challenged by Kristoffer Ajer of Brentford during the Premier League match between Arsenal and Brentford at Emirates Stadium on February 19, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images) — LONDON, ENGLAND: Martin Odegaard of Arsenal is challenged by Kristoffer Ajer of Brentford during the Premier League match between Arsenal and Brentford at Emirates Stadium on February 19, 2022. (Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images)

It looks like the Arsenal boys got the last laugh this season, whilst Brentford have some work to do to avoid their current slide into a relegation battle.

Perhaps treating the Premier League like a kickabout wasn’t such a smart plan long-term.

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