Arteta rues Arsenal showing in ‘disappointing’ Brighton defeat
Arsenal head coach Mikel Arteta has described his team’s 3-0 loss to Brighton in an English Premier League game played on Saturday at the Amex as very disappointing.
The reigning English Premier League champions succumbed to a surprise loss to Brighton tutored by Fabian Hurzeler scoring three unreplied goals in a thrilling game.
Speaking immediately after the game, Arteta said that his team failed match the intensity of their opponents in the encounter especially in the aspect of winning fifty-fifty duels and the second balls.
Mikel said that his team has done a lot in the last six weeks after the World Cup but Arsenal got taught a tough lesson by Brighton.
“Very disappointing. Everything we discussed about the intensity the game was going to require, winning the duels and the second ball, we were very, very far from that. We were constantly under pressure. We conceded a goal, then had a massive chance to score and didn’t. We tried to work in the second half. We conceded a second goal and had a big chance to score before that. It’s a big lesson to learn. What the team has done in the last six weeks after the World Cup was big, but today there was a lot to learn.”
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Brighton took the game to Arsenal in the early stages of the game and their efforts were rewarded in the 31st minute of the game when midfielder Paschal Gross fired an unstoppable shot past David Raya.
Arsenal tried to find a way back into the game and they were almost rewarded via a counterattack deep into the first have but Saka’s missed chance gave Brighton the momentum through a a swift move as C. Kostoulas fired home a wicked shot which beat Raya a second time to give his team a 2-0 lead in the 45th minute.
In the second half, Arsenal tried to impose themselves in the game but Brighton showed resilience in the encounter with a third goal scored by Che Andres in the 57th minute via a header in the 18-yard box.
Brighton did well to snuff the momentum out of the Arsenal players with aggressive play deep into the second half as the London side tried to reduce the deficit to no avail.
Fabian Hurzeler’s side which received four yellow cards in the game did well to deflate the opponents offensive as they successfully inflicted the first defeat on Arsenal in all competitions this season.
