Premier League 2021/22: Brighton beat Arsenal 2-1: Check Highlights – Arsenal are chasing a top-four place, but they were awfully out of sorts and allowed Brighton to walk all over them at Emirates Stadium. Mikel Arteta saw faltering Arsenal suffer a third defeat in four Premier League games as Brighton and Hove Albion snatched a 2-1 victory in north London. Follow Live Premier League news, updates only on InsideSport.IN
Premier League 2021/22: Leandro Trossard and Mwepu fire Brighton to a win, Martin Odegaard with the consolation as Brighton beat Arsenal 2-1: Check Highlights
FULL-TIME Arsenal 1-2 Brighton
Strikes from Leandro Trossard and Enock Mwepu send Graham Potter’s team into 11th despite a late Arsenal onslaught#ARSBHA pic.twitter.com/ZkUV8MSP3G
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Premier League 2021/22: Leandro Trossard and Mwepu fire Brighton to a win
The referee blows the whistle, and the visitors see off the late Arsenal rally to secure the three points as they run out 2-1 victors. They took the lead on 28 minutes, when Mwepu laid the ball off to Trossard before the forward placed the ball into the top corner. The hosts thought they were level just before the break, as Martinelli headed home from a corner.
However, replays showed that the Brazilian was offside as Gabriel nodded the ball back to him and the goal was disallowed after a lengthy VAR check. The Seagulls doubled their lead on 66 minutes, when Mwepu turned from provider to scorer as he fired home a brilliant first-time effort after Caicedo found him on the edge of the box.
Premier League 2021/22: Brighton beat Arsenal 2-1: Check Highlights
The hosts got back into it late on, as they hit the post twice in a couple of seconds before an Odegaard shot from distance deflected off Welbeck and over Sanchez into the back of the net. Arteta’s men came streaming forward as they searched for a late equaliser, but a brilliant Sanchez save and a Cucurella clearance off the line denied them and was enough for Brighton as they saw the game out to collect all three points.
Those three points on their travels means that Brighton move up to 11th place, level on points with ninth-placed Crystal Palace. They face a tricky test away at Tottenham next time out as they look for a strong finish to the season, but the win here will give them hope of getting a good result at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium as they try for a top-half finish.
Defeat for the hosts means that they’ve lost three of their last four league matches, and miss the opportunity to move into the top four. They will travel to Southampton in their next match as they look to get back on track and reignite their assault on the Champions League spots.
