Brentford striker Ivan Toney admits he needed to cease himself from ‘nibbling’ again at Arsenal following social media posts from the Gunners he describes as ‘a bit cringey’.
Arsenal returned to the highest of the Premier League desk on Sunday after a 3-0 win over Brentford with William Saliba, Gabriel Jesus and Fabio Vieira all on the rating sheet.
It was a really completely different efficiency from the identical fixture final season, the place the newly-promoted Bees sealed a 2-0 win over Mikel Arteta’s facet within the first sport of the season.
After that win, Toney tweeted: ‘Good kick round with the boys’ – with Mikel Arteta later utilizing that jibe as inspiration when Brentford got here to the Emirates later within the season as revealed within the Amazon documentary ‘All or Nothing’.
Alexandre Lacazette was on track that day as Arsenal sealed a 2-1 win with the Frenchman parroting Toney’s tweet.
After Sunday’s win in west London, Arsenal defender Gabriel Magalhaes shared the identical message, with Toney feeling the joke has comfortably run its course.
‘I feel as soon as was humorous, second time a bit cringy however I bit my tongue, I needed to answer, I needed to nibble however honest play to them they performed very nicely,’ Toney informed a press convention on Tuesday.
‘They're a distinct Arsenal facet to what we performed earlier than they usually performed very nicely, honest play to them, they're doing nicely.’
Toney was talking after being referred to as into the England squad for the primary time forward of Nations League fixtures in opposition to Italy and Germany within the coming days.
The 26-year-old has not beforehand represented the Three Lions at any youth stage however insists he by no means deserted his dream of representing his nation.
‘I by no means doubted it. I've full confidence in myself, I really feel like I've to maintain working arduous and it makes it that a lot sweeter once you get the possibility,” Toney mentioned.
‘I by no means performed for any of the ages teams, I’ve gone straight into the senior squad. It’s an incredible achievement, I’m very proud and I wouldn’t have needed it to go some other manner.
‘That is my alternative now. I’m excited and assured for it and I’m very hungry. I’ve been working for this second and it’s right here now. I’m not going to let it go by me. I’m going to take it with each fingers and take advantage of the chance I've.’
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