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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.

Welcome to football.london's live coverage of Arsenal vs Brighton & Hove Albion at the Emirates Stadium. It's officially a new game week which means the Gunners ...

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.

Arsenal will hope for some home cooking to turn things around against Brighton & Hove Albion after a disappointing 3-0 loss to Crystal Palace on Monday.

The Gunners need to find ways to get the ball in the back of the net more consistently. Mikel Arteta’s side are in the bottom quarter of the Premier League as well in terms of expected vs. The Japanese right back is out until at least after the Southampton match next weekend. Fortunately, ***knock on wood***, his side are in a bit of a dry spell — they’ve failed to score in 6 of their last 7 Premier League matches and scored just the lone goal in the other. Mikel Arteta may have to be a bit creative with his formation because Kieran Tierney, Thomas Partey, and Takehiro Tomiyasu are all out with injuries. Arsenal will hope for some home cooking to turn things around against Brighton & Hove Albion after a disappointing 3-0 loss to Crystal Palace on Monday. The Gunners have virtually no wiggle-room in the race for a top four finish, but they still control their own fate.

The Gunners currently have 18 outfield players in the first team squad and the manager says that's four short of where he'd ideally like to be if he's tackling ...

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The Gunners have seen their chances of a top four finish hampered over the last few days due to injuries picked up by Kieran Tierney and Thomas Partey. The club ...

Arsenal have placed an emphasis on youth during Arteta's tenure, with the club not signing a player over the age of 24 in the summer transfer window. Arsenal have already given the likes of Charlie Patino debuts this season and Arteta claimed more Hale End graduates could be given their chance in the run-in. When I see them closer I will tell you if they are ready!"

The Gunners spent big last summer on the likes of Ben White and Aaron Ramsdale, who ...

You don’t know, I don’t know. "We made a decision on what we believed was the right thing to do for the team and for the individual players that were asking for the opportunity to play football because they didn’t have any minutes in several months." "You have to come a long way in the aspects that you see on the pitch, it’s a lot of things that have to be put in place, and that takes time."

Arsenal journalist, Charles Watts, has said on his YouTube that Thomas Partey is hoping to return to action before the season finishes.

“I’ve spoken to someone who is very close to Thomas Partey and he was hopeful that Partey will play again this season. Even then, he’ll have to get up to speed. Speaking about the injury yesterday, Mikel Arteta seemed to sit on the fence.

One of the Premier League's longest ever VAR reviews denied Gabriel Martinelli a goal as Arsenal lost at home to Brighton & Hove Albion.

A heavily-deflected shot from Martin Odegaard pulled a goal back for the Gunners late on, but Brighton held on for three points. The reason it took so long was that multiple players had been in such close proximity that extra angles were required. Martinelli had originally flicked the ball on from a Bukayo Saka corner but when it was headed back to him by defender Gabriel, was his offside?

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.

Matt Verri 71 mins: Free-kick Arsenal in a great position. They need a goal back quickly. Taken short and comes to nothing.

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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.

Arsenal's quest to qualify for the Champions League received another setback with a 2-1 home loss to Brighton.

Granit Xhaka, a center midfielder, filled in at left back with Tierney missing and was out of position for Brighton’s first goal. Gabriel Martinelli had an equalizing goal at a corner in first-half stoppage time ruled out for offside after a four-minute review by VAR, and the home fans were further frustrated in the 66th when Moisés Caicedo pulled the ball back to the edge of the area for Mwepu to sweep in a low finish. The absences of first-choice left back Kieran Tierney and influential holding midfielder Thomas Partey are proving significant for Arsenal in the late-season fight with Tottenham, in particular, for a top-four finish behind Manchester City, Liverpool and most likely Chelsea.

Arsenal have shown they can overcome adversity, but Arteta needs a better answer for the dual loss of Tierney and Partey, one of his toughest tests.

"With all of the team available, we know how difficult the challenge that we have ahead," said Arteta. "With those two big injuries it makes the situation more complicated. The cushion Arsenal had in the top four race has gone and Arteta did not hide from the difficult moment they now find themselves in. He touched the ball just 21 times -- the fewest of any starter -- and attempted just eight passes. After Mwebu doubled the visitors lead with a superb goal featuring lovely link-up play between Trossard and Moises Caicedo, Odegaard hit the crossbar with a free-kick and substitute Eddie Nketiah achieved the same with the rebound. Gabriel hit the side-netting with a close-range header before Trossard's opener and Gabriel Martinelli had an equaliser disallowed on the stroke of halftime for offside. Albert Sambi Lokonga, in his first start since Jan. 23, was asked to anchor a three-man midfield, providing defensive cover while enabling Arsenal to play out from the back.

Arsenal's quest to qualify for the Champions League received another setback with a 2-1 home loss to Brighton.

Granit Xhaka, a center midfielder, filled in at left back with Tierney missing and was out of position for Brighton’s first goal. Gabriel Martinelli had an equalizing goal at a corner in first-half stoppage time ruled out for offside after a four-minute review by VAR, and the home fans were further frustrated in the 66th when Moisés Caicedo pulled the ball back to the edge of the area for Mwepu to sweep in a low finish. The absences of first-choice left back Kieran Tierney and influential holding midfielder Thomas Partey are proving significant for Arsenal in the late-season fight with Tottenham, in particular, for a top-four finish behind Manchester City, Liverpool and most likely Chelsea.

Enock Mwepu scored a powerful goal and set up Leandro Trossard for another as Brighton and Hove Albion took a shot at Arsenal's top-four hopes.

After a half-hour, Brighton was in very good shape because Arsenal forgot about theirs. 2. VAR puts its foot in its mouth (for an extended period of time): Gabriel Martinelli appeared to have tied the game just before halftime but a review of more than six minutes that, at least on the American broadcast, was anything but conclusive ended with the goal coming off the score board. Martin Odegaard would bend in a deflected 89th-minute goal to give Arsenal late hope but Mikel Arteta’s men couldn’t find a second goal — or at least one that counted.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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.

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.

Arteta's decisions left Arsenal imbalanced and as Spurs close on the Champions League, they must be worried about staying in the top six.

“Especially with where we want to be.” “Especially with where we want to be.” “We know this road is taking ourselves nowhere,” admitted Mikel Arteta after the game.

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 news takes a look at what Thomas Partey did at the Emirates Stadium after missing the 2-1 loss against Brighton and Hove Albion on Saturday through ...

But with eight games remaining, there's still time for plenty of twists and turns as the battle for Champions League qualification heats up. 'His passing, while forward for the most part, was often inaccurate and the Gunners struggled to create through the middle as a result.' But, it could not be the case because it’s an area where he had a previous injury as well and he felt it straight away.

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.

It has been a miserable week for the Gunners and recent comments from Marseille boss Jorge Sampaoli on one of his Arsenal loanees will only add further ...

Finally, he is the soul of the team. That was followed by his latest switch to Marseille, where he has played an integral role at the Stade Veledrome. "Guendouzi's physical condition is exceptional. So much so, in fact, that his current manager Jorge Sampaoli believes that Guendouzi will soon be regarded as one of the finest midfielders around.

Arsenal supporters are fuming at the decision to rule out Gabriel Martinelli's offside goal in the 2-1 defeat to Brighton.

Arsenal fans have a right to feel as though the world, or just in this case the officials, are against them. The race for European football is still very much on. However, this did not prevent the Arsenal fan base from criticising the offside decision which ruled out Gabriel Martinelli’s goal and, in fairness, they have a point. Marc Cucurella’s body position was obscured by Robert Sanchez and it was impossible to definitively say whether the Spaniard was playing Martinelli on. FOUR MINUTES... FIVE MINUTES, they showed the lines for ONE SECOND from a camera hanging off the f*cking International Space Station. So after FIVE MINUTES of review, we don't even get to see where they drew the lines?! The responses were one of pure frustration.

Matthew Upson believes that Mikel Arteta's decision to start Granit Xhaka at left-back speaks volumes for his lack of trust in Arsenal's Nuno Tavares.

Interesting that he’s gone with Xhaka. That’s how bad he [Arteta] must feel about Tavares’s performance because to move your recognised centre midfielder out of that area out of the pitch, when you’ve lost your other centre midfielder, tells you everything.” And in retrospect, playing Tavares at left-back and keeping Xhaka in his usual position probably would’ve been the smartest decision. He said live on Optus Sport: “Hugely missed.

Enock Mwepu scored a contender for 2021/22 Premier League goal of the season to help Brighton win 2-1 at Arsenal. Watch match highlights right here.

The Gunners did not give up after going 2-0 down. Brighton & Hove Albion midfielder Enock Mwepu scored one of the best goals of the 2021/22 Premier League season to help his team win 2-1 at Arsenal on Saturday. Watch Brighton Score Goal Of The Season Contender In Win At Arsenal - Premier League Highlights

Arsenal could be without Thomas Partey for the remainder of the season through injury, but the Ghana international's absence could be great news for a ...

As previously reported by football.london, Azeez had been expected to play more of a role in the first-team this season. Zach Awe, Marcelo Flores, Omari Hutchinson and Mazeed Ogungbo have all received at least one call-up, whilst for the first time since being recalled from a loan spell at Portsmouth, Miguel Azeez was named in the matchday squad against Brighton. Furthermore, the longer Partey is out, the longer Arsenal will be left short when it comes to meeting Premier League guidelines.

Marseille manager Jorge Sampaoli says Arsenal's Matteo Guendouzi is on his way to becoming one of the best midfielders in the world.

‘He has not progressed thanks to me, it is in general, he has gained in maturity. ‘He has also managed to impose himself, which can be seen with his selections for the France team. He is on the way to becoming one of the best midfielders in the world.’

Matteo Guendouzi's explanation of how Marseille reacted to Monaco defeat tells Mikel Arteta why his Arsenal side lost to Brighton.

You have to adapt to the team you’re facing. We have to keep this mentality – tonight everyone had it, even those on the bench. The former Arsenal man referenced the mentality of his teammates and disregarded the tactical side and instead highlighted how they adapted to their opponent. We did some great stuff with the ball, and we stayed strong without it," he said to RMC Sport via GFFN. Marseille went to the team that had claimed points from them earlier in the campaign, similar to Brighton’s 0-0 draw with Arsenal last year, and they won comfortably 4-1. Matteo Guendouzi is a player who has already made his peace with his Arsenal past and will sign for Marseille in the summer on a permanent deal.

Matteo Guendouzi has impressed on loan at Marseille this season and looks set to leave Arsenal in the summer, and Mikel Arteta has been told what a mistake ...

It’s a glowing review of a player that could fulfill his potential with the French club. However, in the long-term it could also be a regret for Arsenal, according to quotes from Marseille boss Sampaoli. It would also put an end to a difficult stay at the Emirates Stadium for Guendouzi.

Marseille boss Jorge Sampaoli has claimed that Arsenal loanee Matteo Guendouzi is on his way to becoming one of the best in the world.

‘He has not progressed thanks to me, it is in general, he has gained in maturity. ‘He has also managed to impose himself, which can be seen with his selections for the France team. ‘Guendouzi’s physical condition is exceptional.

Arsenal: 3 positives from 2-1 defeat to Brighton as Mikel Arteta oversees Premier League defeat that leave top four hanging by a thread.

Were it not for a flying save he could have leveled the scores. Coming on to act effectively as a shadow striker is a different matter as he can make third man runs and be released from any positional burdne. The ploy of fielding Granit Xhaka at left-back in 2020/21 did work…until it didn’t work. One of the worst halves of football the side has produced this season saw them fail to inspire themselves let alone the crowd, with Mikel Arteta’s tactical disasterplan failing to ignite the requisite response to the loss in south London. From near enough every angle it appears as if Arsenal have thrown away the top four within the space of a week. From the darkness comes a new light.

Chelsea face an uncertain few months while Roman Abramovich's sale of the club moves closer, but one of Arsenal's new crop of wonderkids has caught the eye ...

While football.london reports that Arsenal remain confident of tying the hotshot down to a professional deal, he has yet to commit his future to the club. And that doesn't just refer to the likes of now-established midfielders Saka and Emile Smith Rowe. The Blues are operating under a restricted licence, put in place after owner Roman Abramovich was added to the UK government's list of sanctioned individuals.

Former Chelsea striker Tony Cascarino believes Arsenal must address their striker issues before they can be successful.

"Obviously he’s been in and out the team at times, but he’s played 25 games in the Premier League now and he’s got four goals. Lacazette is an issue. Whether Arsenal qualify for European football’s elite club competition could affect the quality of striker they're capable of signing.

Arsenal defender Takehiro Tomiyasu was spotted on Saturday as Mikel Arteta prepares for the 23-year-old's return.

Arteta needs to find some way of making his side competitive again. However, even if Tomiyasu returns, goals are not the Japanese international’s speciality. With that in mind, it is on Arteta to workaround solutions. The loss of Takehiro Tomiyasu in the Arsenal side did not initially look to be a huge blow. With Tierney out for the season, having both backup full-backs out is damaging the side’s attacking and defensive potential. However, with Tierney out, the defence has looked far more vulnerable.

With Alexandre Lacazette continuing to struggle for Arsenal, HITC Sport look at four strikers the Gunners almost signed over the years.

With Arsene Wenger revealing that he almost signed the now £166m PSG star for free when he was a youngster and met with the striker in the transfer window before Mbappe’s move to Paris, Arsenal were on the cusp of signing one of the best players in world football. Kylian Mbappe’s breakthrough season at AS Monaco was something of a revelation, and Arsenal were, surprisingly, one of the leading sides to sign the French sensation in the summer of 2017. With that in mind, who are some players Arsenal were close to signing in transfer windows gone by, and how badly have the north London side bottled it in not working hard enough in trying to sign a world-class striker to lead the line?

The Gunners are without a number of key players following the defeat at the weekend, but Takehiro Tomiyasu is nearing a return from Arsenal's injury list.

What Arteta has said: "It is a little bit ambiguous, but he has a significant injury and we’ll have to keep assessing him, but he will be out for some weeks. He is expected to make his return before the end of the season. Mikel Arteta and his side have managed to put themselves into a position to compete for Champions League qualification, but have struggled since their return from the international break.

But the Frenchman has not scored a goal from open play in over 19 hours of football. Arsenal are still in the hunt for a Champions League qualification spot ...

"The reaction that we wanted to show and everything that we talked about, we didn’t make it happen on the pitch. "Lacazette is an issue that he's got his contract up in the summer and that's an area they need to fill. However, the Gabon star's falling out with Arteta saw him stripped of the captaincy and then leave the club in the January window. He said on talkSPORT: "Lacazette is probably the lowest-scoring centre-forward. "He's got four Premier League goals this season. I cannot be happy."

After disastrous performances against Crystal Palace and Brighton, Arteta faces the prospect of a season of progression reaping no reward.

A thrashing in the 2019 Europa League final soon followed and Emery was out the door before the end of the year. Arsenal may begrudge that bad luck, but it was also the consequence of their calculated gamble in January. The decision not to reinforce the squad and loan out Ainsley Maitland-Niles, who would have been capable of playing at both full back or as a holding midfielder, feels more questionable than ever, especially when considering the impact Rodrigo Bentancur and Dejan Kulusevksi have made at Spurs. Arsenal’s failure to sign a striker is proving an even greater hindrance. It is no surprise in Arsenal’s slow and volatile reinvention under Arteta that problems have punctured the wheels just as they had seemingly turned another corner. There was more heart on display in the frantic final few minutes against Brighton, as Arsenal desperately scrapped for a last-ditch equaliser, but it would have been more than they deserved against a side who’d not only failed to win any of their last seven league games but had managed to score just once during that dire spell. On the one hand, that was merely a natural reaction to a result that could yet prove so pivotal – and costly – in the top-four race. But perhaps it also betrayed the swirl of pressure that loomed over, in Arteta’s words, a “cold atmosphere” at the Emirates on Saturday, as optimism faded into a sinking realisation that the pieces the Spaniard has wrestled so vigorously into place over the course of this season are still all too easily broken apart.

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta is reportedly willing to part ways with record signing Nicolas Pepe this summer and is said to want to bring in James Madison as ...

Pepe arrived at Arsenal for a massive £72million fee from Lille in 2019, but the club are now said to be willing to accept offers of £25million should they receive any at the end of the season. And it appears his current club have been left very happy with his performances this season, with his manager heaping praise on him ahead of their round of fixtures at the weekend. And the Gunners are now said to be willing to cut their losses on the former Lille star this summer – for the right fee.