Brighton vs Arsenal LIVE: Premier League result, latest updates and fan reaction
Arsenal tasted defeat for the first time this season, losing in comprehensive fashion to Brighton at the Amex Stadium. The Gunners had arrived in East Sussex on Saturday afternoon on the back of seven straight wins, but a fourth away game in 10 days proved too much as they were convincingly swept aside by the Seagulls.
Pascal Gross blasted Brighton ahead after 31 minutes before Charalampos Kostoulas doubled the hosts’ lead on the stroke of half-time. The hosts remained on top after the interval and they served Arsenal a dose of their own medicine when Chema Andres headed home from a corner shortly before the hour mark.
A disjointed Arsenal were never at the races but for Brighton, this result– just days after a brilliant Carabao Cup comeback win at Manchester United in the Carabao Cup – catapults them up to third in the Premier League table table, just two points off the Gunners. Follow Brighton vs Arsenal back below with dedicated match blog, featuring expert insight and analysis from Matt Verri at the Amex Stadium.
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90+2 min: Into six minutes of stoppage time as Rice sends in an Arsenal corner which is dealt with by Brighton at the expense of a throw-in and Dowman does well to win another corner.
89 min: WHAT A SAVE!
Raya has been far from his best today but he makes a superb stop to prevent O’Reilly scoring a fourth goal.
87 min: O’Reilly almost with an instant impact but his header is saved by Raya. On second looking, the ball just hit the Brighton midfielder in the face, not much he could do about it.
85 min: A Brighton triple change as O'Reilly, Svoboda and Yalcouye replace Andres, Gomez and Gomez.
84 min: Calafiori fires his cross past his team-mates and that’s the cue for the Arsenal fans to leave.
78 min: CHANCE!
Havertz clean through but he is denied by Verbruggen’s outstretched boot. Nice link-up with Gyokeres, but a poor finish. Or great goalkeeping.
Dowman ready to come on for Arsenal.
76 min: Brighton changes.
Costinha and Rutter replace Kostoulas and Kadioglu
72 min: Double Arsenal change as Gyokeres and Eze replace Odegaard and Tzolis.