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Welcome to The Athletic's live coverage of Arsenal vs Brighton in the Premier League. The reverse fixture finished goalless back in October, so will Arsenal ...

“Arsenal had strikers but they sat me down and showed me if I come in and perform well there’s a clear pathway. •1h ago And this is Graham Potter's starting eleven for today's game. •1h ago •1h ago •1h ago •1h ago They are equal on points with their rivals Tottenham, but having played a game less. Kieran Tierney is out injured, but it's an interesting decision with Nuno Tavares - a natural left-back - starting on the bench. The pass was meant from Cedric, but it wasn't accurate enough. He's pretty much occupying the whole right-wing for Brighton. Or will Brighton shake off their poor form and grab a surprise win?

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"We knew there was a sense of urgency because you play against Liverpool, who were a great team at the time," Henry told Sky Sports' Greatest Game. "You know if you don't go out and perform, they are going to punish you. Then, as he advanced towards goal, his clever drag of the ball to his left duped Carragher and left him with only Dudek to beat. And three defeats in a week would pile the pressure on Wenger's side. Just six days earlier, Arsenal had been dreaming of becoming only the second English side to record a magnificent Treble, following Manchester United's success in 1998-99. The last thing he needed was his fellow Frenchman, Gerard Houllier, coming to visit with the Merseyside outfit. A large part of that was owed to Thierry Henry for ripping apart nearly every opposition defence.

Arsenal starting XI: Ramsdale; Cedric, White, Gabriel, Xhaka; Lokonga, Odegaard; Saka, Smith Rowe, Martinelli; Lacazette. Arsenal substitutes: Leno, Holding ...

Neal Maupay only makes the Seagulls’ bench today, joining Jason Steele, Tariq Lamptey, Adam Webster, Adam Lallana, Steven Alzate, Solly March, Odel Offiah and Jeremy Sarmiento. Only one centre back starts in Lewis Dunk, with right back Joel Veltman and left back Marc Cucurella also starting. Brighton and Hove Albion substitutes: Steele, Lamptey, Webster, Maupay, Lallana, Alzate, March, Offiah, Sarmiento.

ARSENAL left-back Nuno Tavares has caused debate between the two Gunners legends.

Arsenal boss Arteta insisted he will help Tavares through the tough period. It was always going to be a tough game against Palace." “I think Saka could go to left-back and still do damage from the left, [Nicolas] Pepe back onto the right-hand side, [Gabriel] Martinelli on the left. I know that’s radical, but I’d rather see that than Xhaka there, who is going to get exposed, if you’re creating such a weakness in the team, then you’ve got to fill it. Keown says Tavares is too error-prone and cannot be picked for the visit of Brighton on Saturday afternoon. Play Saka there.”

Mikel Arteta has dropped Nuno Tavares and appears to have tasked Granit Xhaka with filling at left-back for Arsenal's clash against Brighton on Saturday.

Arteta has opted to drop the Portuguese for Saturday’s meeting with Brighton at the Emirates Stadium. Gabriel Martinelli is deployed on the left, with Alexandre Lacazette up front and Bukayo Saka on the right. With first-choice left-back Kieran Tierney expected to miss the rest of the campaign due to a knee injury, Arteta chose to start Tavares against Crystal Palace on Monday night.

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It's certainly been a week to forget for Arsenal fans so far, but let's hope the mood changes this afternoon. Would have been huge just before half time, but they'll have to find some momentum from somewhere. Odegaard kept going till the end while Martinelli was good but really clutching at straws for positives there. It's Xhaka at left back for Arsenal by the look of things, Saka on the right, Smith Rowe in midfield, Martinelli on the left. GOAL! ARSENAL 0-1 BRIGHTON! TROSSARD His looping effort deflects off Mwepu and heads in. Eddie Nketiah misses a huge chance from a rebound on an Odegaard free kick. GOAL! ARSENAL 1-1 BRIGHTON! MARTINELLI GOAL! ARSENAL 0-2 BRIGHTON! MWEPU GOAL! ARSENAL 1-2 BRIGHTON! We didn’t show any purpose. The reaction we wanted to show, we didn’t make it happen.

Brighton deliver a blow to Arsenal's hopes of qualifying for the Champions League with a well-deserved win at Emirates Stadium.

Martin Ødegaard (Arsenal) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Gabriel Magalhães (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box is blocked. - Shots - 16Holding - 1Leno - 9Lacazette - 34Xhaka Mwepu - who only returned from three months out with injury last week - showed exactly what Brighton have been missing. - 6Gabriel - 4White - 32Ramsdale

ARSENAL lost 2-1 to Brighton at the Emirates on Saturday in a huge blow for Mikel Arteta.

Arsenal were better in the second half but it was a waste to start like he did. Arsenal only have themselves to blame for their performance though. Arsenal didn't recruit in January and it is starting to show. Some fans are still 50-50 over whether Arteta is the right man to lead the club forward. Arteta could have put Saka at left-back if he did not think Tavares was up to the task. Understandably, the result did not go down well with Arsenal supporters.

Arsenal 1-2 Brighton: Graham Potter's side picked up their first win in eight league games as the Gunners handed Tottenham the ascendancy in the race for ...

The Ecuadorian collected the ball again by way of Trossard’s sumptuous backheel and his chipped cross was met on the volley by Mwepu. It was a divine finish, drilled low into the bottom corner, with Ramsdale’s view obscured by a maze of bodies, and Arsenal were once again left to study the ruins of their own efforts. Odegaard came within inches of drawing blood when his free kick was tipped onto the bar by Sanchez and Nketiah only manage to rattle the same piece of woodwork on the follow-up. Saka’s corner was met by Gabriel at the back post and his header across the face of goal was turned in by Martinelli. The VAR wait was torturous, tallying three minutes and 40 seconds in total, the angle so tight that such a delay brought no conclusive revelation. The Belgian took the shot in his stride, fizzing the ball past Ramsdale and into the roof of the net. To their credit, Arsenal did mount a determined late insurgence and after Martin Odegaard’s hopeful shot from distance looped into the top corner courtesy of a wicked deflection, bedlam broke loose in the Brighton box. The excuses of injuries to Thomas Partey and Kieran Tierney were not responsible for a display that seemed to be weighed down by doubt and then bled into desperation after falling behind to Leandro Trossard’s well-taken goal in the first half.

The Gunners went down 2-1 at home to Brighton in the Premier League.

I’m pleased for the boys…they’ve had to suffer a bit.” The injuries make the situation more complicated but we are not looking for excuses.” “That was the feeling we had,” he added.

ARSENAL 1-2 BRIGHTON: Mikel Arteta cut a concerned figure for much of the game as his Arsenal side were way off the pace for the visit of Brighton & Hove ...

Swathes of Gunners players protested the decision but it was to no avail, as Martinelli’s passionate dart to the touchline in celebration was in vain. The hosts failed to respond in any kind of meaningful fashion and were punished for their lacklustre efforts when the Seagulls doubled their advantage mid-way through the second half. Alexandre Lacazette was a passenger for the majority of the game, unable to stamp any kind of authority on the contest despite the Gunners overwhelming amount of possession. Leandro Trossard sparked panic inside the Emirates when he opened the scoring just shy of the half-hour mark with an emphatic right-footed finish from close range. The situation stemmed from an Arsenal corner that was nodded back across goal on to the head of Martinelli – who was adjudged to have finished the move from an offside position. Arsenal thought they had levelled things on the stroke of half-time when Gabriel Martinelli nodded home, but the Brazilian was deemed to be in an offside position after a VAR check that felt like it took an age.

How the Gunners got on individually in their Premier League clash with Graham Potter's side at the Emirates.

Had a huge chance but managed to hit it off the underside of the crossbar. Did manage to pull one back with a deflected effort from distance though and kept trying till the end. His passing, while forward for the most part, was often inaccurate and the Gunners struggled to create through the middle as a result. Drifted infield where he could but couldn't support the attack and was shown up in his one-vs-one defending at times. Gabriel: Much better than on Monday night and came very close to a goal and arguably should have had an assist for Martinelli's goal that was ruled out. Ben White: Had occasions where he dawdled on the ball a touch but that was more to do the lack of movement in front of him.

Mikel Arteta admitted he was 'really upset' after Arsenal's defeat to Brighton and said his team 'deserved a slap' as they suffered another blow in the ...

Delighted we did that, but even then, we had to suffer at the end.’ You can see how tough it is to win games in the Premier League. You have to be disciplined and good defensively here. There are many games to play but we have to be concerned about that performance, especially first half.’ ‘We know this road is taking us nowhere, especially with where we want to be. ‘We made it really difficult for ourselves.

Get a report of the Arsenal vs. Brighton & Hove Albion 2021-22 English Premier League football match.

The gameplan was to win." "We've shown for many weeks how well we can play; it has been a difficult week and we've lost some big players, but if you get what you want, not everything is going to be with a blue sky. "We made it really difficult for ourselves.

Read a full transcript of the manager's post-match press conference after our defeat against Brighton.

We have to give them something, and we didn’t give them anything in the first half and this is down to us. It’s not a problem of attitude, for me it was a problem of the approach and the courage that we showed to play and we didn’t have that purpose. After the game, when you lose, the decision that you made you have to write before the match, after it is too late. We were sloppy with the ball, we were second best again in a lot of situations, we didn’t show any purpose or build any momentum in the game, play with the right speed and transform the game that Brighton proposed today and with the first chance that they had, the only chance I think they had, they scored a goal and, again, we created a cold atmosphere, an atmosphere we weren’t comfortable with and when we tried to change it, it was too late. But you could see that in end the energy was already very different. The reaction that we wanted to show and everything that we talked about, we didn’t make it happen on the pitch.

Emirates Stadium, Premier League - Arsenal 1 (Odegaard 89') Brighton 2 (Trossard 29', Mwepu 67').

45+6' GOAL RULED OUT! Martinelli was in front of Gabriel when he headed the ball. Even before his fantastic game sealer, there was one particular magic period of play where he intercepted a pass, nutmegged Emile Smith Rowe then jumped over a challenge before delivering a perfect square ball to continue a counter-attack. Whether on the right flank or in the middle of the park his tough tackling and driving runs forward played a big part in Brighton seizing control of the game. It seems amazing at a high-tech stadium there was no angle from both sides of the goal which is surely something which will be in place for venues in the World Cup later this year. Sanchez was also obscuring Marc Cucurella's body from the television angle from the right of the play. He was close to the goal-line when Gabriel headed the ball from a yard behind at the back post, but clearly Robert Sanchez's foot was playing him on.

Two goals for the visitors handed Graham Potter's side all three points at Emirates Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Leandro Trossard's first-half strike put ...

"You can concede one goal and still be in the game, we had the big decision on the corner on Gabi Martinelli’s disallowed goal that probably was the crucial moment to change a little bit. We didn’t give anything to our crowd to hang onto, we didn’t show enough purpose, speed, momentum, we didn’t generate anything that we wanted to do. Copyright 2022 The Arsenal Football Club plc.

Arsenal slipped up once again as they fell to a 2-1 defeat against Brighton at the Emirates.

Overrun too often in the first half and struggled help Arsenal get a real grip in midfield. His through ball to Smith Rowe in the first half was evidence of that. Came to life in the final moments - forcing a brilliant save and then pulling one back. Could not do enough to improve build-up with his use of the ball from the back. Used his height well for Arsenal’s set pieces. Close to scoring in the first half – and but for a marginal offside would have provided the assist for Martinelli’s ruled out goal on the stroke of half time.

Arsenal vs Brighton and Hove Albion. Premier League. 3:00pm, Saturday 9th April 2022. Emirates StadiumAttendance: Attendance60,112.

But you need those things to win matches in the Premier League. It was important we kept trying to push, we had to weather the storm a bit and suffer. With injuries, fixtures and points totals now counting against them, Arsenal have it all to do if they are to overhaul neighbours Tottenham in the race for fourth. "We were really unprecise, and we didn't have the speed or purpose or courage to attack the way we wanted to attack. We were not with the right approach and right courage to play the way we want to play. The defeat to Crystal Palace on Monday Night Football was a bad one. It was the worst performance they'd served up since the early weeks of the season. We didn't transmit any energy, we didn't transmit any willingness to dominate the game the way we want to do it. That game showed how difficult it is to get three points in the Premier League, especially away from home against a team challenging for the top places. The momentum and the energy. "I was very happy with the disallowed goal! Arteta had called on his team to bounce back after an awful first half led to a bad defeat at Selhurst Park but his men were slow out of the blocks again. Robert Sanchez pulled off a sharp stop from Eddie Nketiah deep into injury-time to ensure there was no comeback, though, and Brighton move up to 11th after another frustrating outing for Arsenal followers.

We fell to a disappointing 2-1 defeat to Brighton on Saturday at Emirates Stadium, with goals from Leandro Trossard and Enock Mwepu handing The Seagulls all ...

Odegaard then picked the ball up moments later and fired into the top corner from 25-yards to get us back into the contest. We kept on coming as Saka's driven effort blazed over the bar, before there was to be further anguish for Mikel Arteta's side. A period of domination followed, but tenacious work from Brighton at the back kept the busy Smith Rowe and Odegaard at bay. We upped the tempo after falling behind as we looked to get back on level terms. As the half drew to a close, we fashioned our best moment. The 27-year-old forward only needed a touch to bend the ball past Aaron Ramsdale and into the top corner to give Graham Potter's side the advantage.

Arsenal trail Tottenham in the race for a place in next season's Champions League.

But I imagine he is happier with the dressing room, being able to get rid of one or two players because the dressing is key for a manager." It has left them under pressure and with Thomas Partey, Kieran Tierney and Takehiro Tomiyasu suffering fitness issues, they have been left thin on the ground. "I think at the time Mikel Arteta would thought it was good to get rid of a lot of players due to the size of the squad, when they didn’t have many injuries, but it has come to bite him," Warnock said during Sky Sports Soccer Saturday. "Now he would’ve wished that he kept two or three of them."

Mikel Arteta cut a frustrated figure after we were beaten 2-1 at home by Brighton on Saturday afternoon. The boss looked back on a disappointing display but ...

"You can concede one goal and still be in the game, we had the big decision on the corner on Gabi Martinelli’s disallowed goal that probably was the crucial moment to change a little bit. We didn’t give anything to our crowd to hang onto, we didn’t show enough purpose, speed, momentum, we didn’t generate anything that we wanted to do. Copyright 2022 The Arsenal Football Club plc.

That's a brave man for the close-up. I wish I had your complexion, James. Mine is all beef grease and cheese. 3.

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta called his side 'sloppy' as they lost 2-1 at home to Brighton in a blow to their Champions League hopes.

"We've shown for many weeks how well we can play; it has been a difficult week and we've lost some big players, but if you get what you want, not everything is going to be with a blue sky. "We made it really difficult for ourselves. A long-term injury to Kieran Tierney compounded the misery.

ARSENAL were beaten 2-1 at home by Brighton as their top-four hopes took a major hit on Saturday.

I know them and we didn’t have that intention to attack and step in and provoke the situation that we want to provoke and we were looking at each other too many times instead of taking ownership and doing what we have to do. You have to make yourself count and step in and we didn’t do that today.” For me it was a problem of the approach and the courage that we showed to play,” Arteta said. It was great not to give up, but it was too late.” We created a cold atmosphere that we weren’t comfortable with, but when we tried to change it, it was too late. “The first half, it was really poor again.

Brazilian ace Gabriel Martinelli thought he'd scored an equaliser in Arsenal's defeat to Brighton - but the goal was ruled out for offside following a ...

I wouldn't trust Arteta to boil me an egg at the moment." To quote law 11 of the International Football Association Board (IFAB)'s official rulebook, "a player is in an offside position if... Linker replied: "I trust you know the offside law? "Stop VAR virtue-signalling." "That is f****** ridiculous," he tweeted. Yet the goal was disallowed for offside following a lengthy VAR review due to Martinelli being ahead of the last defender.

Mikel Arteta's side have suffered back-to-back Premier League defeats in a hugely damaging week for their prospects of a top four finish and a return to the ...

But now the Gunners have lost three of their last four matches and have managed to find the net just twice in that run of games. If Arsenal fail to make it by the end of the campaign, this week will be looked back upon with plenty of regret. With Arsenal not having any European competition this season – having finished a disappointing eighth in successive seasons under Arteta – and also out of domestic cup trophies, there was hope that they could close out a top four standing.

Goals from Leandro Trossard and Enock Mwepu helped Brighton to a deserved 2-1 win at Arsenal; the Gunners pulled one back late on through Martin Odegaard ...

With injuries, fixtures and points totals now counting against them, Arsenal have it all to do if they are to overhaul neighbours Tottenham in the race for fourth. We have to have that level of energy and visualise the beautiful challenge we have ahead, don't sit back and let's see what happens." We didn't have that intention to attack and step in and provoke the situation we wanted to. We have everything to play for in the last eight games. It was the worst performance they'd served up since the early weeks of the season. I think we just need to go out there and be free and play our game, you know? but we played a game that you could not see the purpose, the intention of what the team was trying to do. "It was not a problem of attitude, it was a problem of courage we showed to play and we didn't have that purpose. The momentum and the energy. But we can't look at that because we can't be looking for excuses. "The first half was really poor again," he said. "We created a cold atmosphere we were uncomfortable with.

Arsenal must explore the opportunity to steal Paris-Saint Germain's proposed Ousmane Dembele transfer. It is looking likely the Gunners will replace Nicolas ...

If the Gunners were to sell Pepe at the end of the season, then competition alongside Saka would certainly be needed. It will certainly be an excellent coup if Edu is able to secure a deal for the winger without having to pay a transfer fee, especially considering that he cost Barcelona £100m in 2017. And it is a partnership the Arsenal fans could have enjoyed, with Dembele having been linked with a move to north London on more than one occasion.

Arsenal were beaten 2-1 by Brighton at the Emirates Stadium and manager Mikel Arteta was left disappointed with 'uncomfortable' atmosphere created.

Arsenal's defeat highlighted a number of issues, from their poor goal output to how much they miss midfielder Thomas Partey. The Gunners way of playing was believed to be predictable by Wright. The Gunners were unable to outscore their opponents in a loss which seriously hampered their top-four chances.

The Gunners boss has spoken to the press after his side's 2-1 defeat to Brighton at the Emirates in the Premier League.

When that happens you have to move and we didn’t do it and by the time we started to do it was too late and you could see already that the energy was very different. We played a game where you could not see the purpose or the intention of what the team was trying to do and like what can they do? The fans were here and they were exceptional, and you can see the moment we gave them something, what we tried. That was the feeling that we had. We didn’t have the purpose, I know them and we didn’t have that intention to attack and step in and provoke the situation that we want to provoke and we were looking at each other too many times instead of taking ownership and doing what we have to do. Especially because we thought that space was going to be there for Granit to use which it was, but we didn’t use it.

Brighton condemned Arsenal to their second defeat in a week on Saturday with a 2-1 victory at the Emirates.

It's a game of football and I think in the first half we were very tense and slow so we just need to go out there next week, trust what the manager and the coaching staff are saying and go and play our football, which we've done all season." "We were not in the rhythm of the game, that's unlike us, especially at home where we've normally started really well all season. Crystal Palace got the better of Mikel Arteta and his side on Monday night, blowing them away in the first half.

Martin Odegaard's stunning goal wasn't enough for Arsenal to secure any points during their 2-1 defeat to Brighton, as Michael Dawson praised his efforts.

He has no right in having a shot. Arsenal have no time to feel sorry for themselves because they have a packed schedule to come and the race to finish fourth is now out of their hands. “Odegaard, he picks the ball up.

How the Gunners got on individually in their Premier League clash with Graham Potter's side at the Emirates.

Had a huge chance but managed to hit it off the underside of the crossbar. Did manage to pull one back with a deflected effort from distance though and kept trying till the end. His passing, while forward for the most part, was often inaccurate and the Gunners struggled to create through the middle as a result. Drifted infield where he could but couldn't support the attack and was shown up in his one-vs-one defending at times. Gabriel: Much better than on Monday night and came very close to a goal and arguably should have had an assist for Martinelli's goal that was ruled out. Ben White: Had occasions where he dawdled on the ball a touch but that was more to do the lack of movement in front of him.

Arsenal are set to splash the cash again ahead of the summer transfer window but it will mean forcing some departures out of the Emirates with Mikel Arteta ...

However, it has not been a happy time for Pepe since moving to the Premier League and a move away could suit all parties. But the form of Bukayo Saka has forced the 26-year-old to take a backseat and remain on the bench throughout the campaign for large portions. It is a surprising decline considering last year he scored 10 times and looked like he was ready to play a bigger role in the squad.

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However, despite his recent times on the sideline, Manchester United and Ralf Rangnick made the decision to start him against Everton in the Premier League yesterday. The Englishman has struggled in the Premier League so far this season, finding the net just four times for his club. Arsenal are planning ways to strengthen their forward line in the summer as Mikel Arteta continues to shape his dream squad.

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has commented on Alexandre Lacazette's lack of goals this season after the Gunners' 2-1 loss to Brighton on Saturday.

Whilst the lack of Thomas Partey and Kieran Tierney were also huge factors in the loss, Lacazette’s poor performance once again highlighted just how badly Arsenal are missing out on a top striker, who could have made the difference against Brighton this weekend. Arsenal made a huge risk in January in choosing not to sign a top-quality striker following the departure of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, and their defeat to Brighton proved just that. I’m never happy, especially when I lose, I’m really upset.

Hector Bellerin is keen to stay at Real Betis next season after a successful season-long loan transfer from Arsenal with talks set for this summer.

Arsenal and Real Betis could both qualify for the Champions League over the final weeks of the term. But Real Betis could also seek to use the situation to agree better terms for a permanent deal. Arteta signed Tomiyasu after sanctioning Bellerin’s exit, having only fielded the 27-year-old in three of Arsenal’s final 13 Premier League fixtures last season.

Goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale says Arsenal must respond quickly after back to back losses has left their Champions League hopes in tatters.

‘It was a really poor performance and as I said we went to the end but that’s a given at any club, especially this club. I think we just need to go out there and be free and play our game, you know? You make it an uphill battle against any team in the Premier League if you’re losing at half-time.

Between Monday's defeat at Selhurst Park and the loss at the Emirates six days later, Mikel Arteta also lost the services of first-team stars Kieran Tierney and ...

“I think we just need to go out there and be free and play our game, you know? It’s a game of football and I think in the first half we were very tense and slow so we just need to go out there next week, trust what the manager and the coaching staff are saying and go and play our football, which we’ve done all season.” aron Ramsdale issued a withering assessment of Arsenal’s miserable week in the wake of Saturday’s loss at home to Brighton.

Arsenal were already reeling from defeat at Crystal Palace on Monday night and, with Kieran Tierney and Thomas Partey missing through injury, their small squad ...

“We had a little joke in the dressing room before the game that I was going to score. I was delighted to take the chance, I hit it really well and it was wonderful to see it go into the net.” “I think we have shown that we have the right mentality in the group to come to places like Arsenal and play like we did.

Mikel Arteta has explained the reasoning behind his decision to move Granit Xhaka to left-back and play Emile Smith Rowe in midfield after Arsenal's 2-1 ...

The result has seen Arsenal fail to make up the ground on Tottenham and thus dealt a blow to their chances of finishing in the top four. Explaining his decision to move Xhaka to left-back, Arteta said: ‘Well especially the way I thought they [Brighton] were going to play and the spaces that we wanted to attack, it fits really well to play Emile [Smith Rowe] in that position [midfield]. Mikel Arteta has explained the reasoning behind his decision to move Granit Xhaka to left-back and play Emile Smith Rowe in midfield after Arsenal’s 2-1 defeat to Brighton.