Arsenal impress Brentford head coach Frank who insists 'they must be title contenders'

Brentford head coach Thomas Frank thinks Arsenal 'must be title contenders' after picking up a comfortable 3-0 victory at the Gtech Community Stadium.

Goals from William Saliba, Gabriel Jesus and Fabio Vieira returned the Gunners to the top of the Premier League.

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Mikel Arteta's side have won six of their first seven matches and earned a retaliation against Brentford after their disappointing loss in west London on the opening matchday of last season.

It was a historic day for Arsenal and for the Premier League in general after 15-year-old Ethan Nwaneri became the competition's youngest ever player when he came off the bench late.

Frank wasn't too discouraged by the loss as he knows the Gunners are a 'top team'.

He admitted he "hates to lose", though.

"We lost 3-0 to the Premier League number one," the Brentford boss said. "I said before that they are a top team.

"I think we performed pretty well, not 10/10, but if you want to win or steal something from the team, you can't concede the first from a free kick and then the second.

"In general, unless it's an amazing set piece, I want us to avoid all goals from set pieces. There are a few pieces we could have done better for the second. They didn't create as many chances, but had quality in a few moments.

"We still want to play again but we have the international break, we are dealing with it and training with the players we have. I wish the players who are leaving good luck.

"We lost the game, I hate to lose.

"They're top of the table so you can't argue with that, they've been brilliant. Considering the quality, they must be title contenders.

"The third goal, we say a goal here can change the momentum of the game and bring the crowd forward with us, but they showed why this is a great club," added Frank.

“They lost their captain and replaced him with a £35million player who decided to fall back from 24 yards, so they showed their quality.

“From what I saw in all seven games I think they were very good and won evenly in six and the other game could have gone either way at Man United.

"[Gabriel] Jesus up there, wow what a player and I know it's nothing against [Manchester] City but sometimes it clicks in a different environment.

"[Bukayo] Saka and [Gabriel] Martinelli are a year older, [Martin] Odegaard what a player.

"So I have to say Saliba, he's going to be a full-fledged international player for France, I'm sure. He'll play in this team's starting line-up and he's a strong international team."< /p>