Arsenal 1-2 Brighton and Hove Albion: Seagulls swoop to stun Gunners

Leandro
Trossard
and
Enock
Mwepu
gave
Brighton
their
first
ever
Premier
League
win
in
April
–
at
the
16th
attempt
–
and
inflicted
a
painful
blow
on
their
hosts.

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Trossard
put
Brighton
ahead
in
the
28th
minute
with
the
visitors’ first
shot
on
target,
striking
his
fifth
Premier
League
goal
of
the
season.
Mwepu
hit
the
second
in
the
66th
minute
as
he
sent
a
20-yard
strike
fizzing
past
Aaron
Ramsdale.

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Martin
Odegaard’s
deflected
long-range
late
effort
proved
to
be
only
a
consolation,
and
after
losing
to
Liverpool
and
Crystal
Palace
either
side
of
a
win
at
Aston
Villa,
this
latest
setback
could
have
major
implications
for
Arsenal’s
hopes
of
a
top-four
finish.

Gabriel
Magalhaes
should
have
put
Arsenal
ahead
in
the
26th
minute
but
could
only
head
Bukayo
Saka’s
cross
into
the
side-netting.

And
Arsenal
were
regretting
that
miss
a
couple
of
minutes
later
when
Lewis
Dunk’s
quick
ball
forward
was
met
on
the
right
flank
by
Mwepu,
whose
cutback
to
Trossard
was
followed
by
a
thumping
15-yard
strike
into
the
right
corner.

In
first-half
stoppage
time,
Gabriel
Martinelli
thought
he
had
got
the
hosts
level,
nodding
in
from
close
range,
but
a
lengthy
VAR
check
concluded
the
striker
was
offside.

Saka
lashed
over
the
Brighton
bar
from
the
edge
of
the
penalty
area
in
the
second
half,
and
Arsenal
were
two
down
soon
afterwards,
the
visitors
doubling
their
lead
through
Mwepu’s
skilfully
controlled
low
shot
after
Moises
Caicedo
clipped
the
ball
into
his
path.

Odegaard
hit
the
bar
with
a
free-kick
and
substitute
Eddie
Nketiah
also
hit
the
horizontal
on
the
rebound
as
Arsenal
chased
the
game
late
on.

Odegaard,
with
the
help
of
a
deflection
off
Danny
Welbeck,
finally
halved
the
deficit
from
30
yards,
but
Nketiah’s
stoppage-time
header
was
met
with
a
great
save
from
Robert
Sanchez
as
Brighton
held
on.