Key events
Mikel Arteta admitted Arsenal were taught a lesson by free-scoring Brighton as their 100% start to the season was abruptly ended on Saturday.
He said: “They deserved to win the game and it’s a big lesson for us. From the first throw-in you could sense it, it was so clear. We put ourselves in trouble one time, two times, three times and we need to get out of that much quicker than that. That’s one of the biggest lessons that we have to take from the game.
“We knew how tough it was going to be and the first thing we had discussed was about the first part. If you don’t get out of that first part as winners, it will be extremely difficult to dominate the game and to have any probability of winning the game. At this level, it’s extremely important to respect and to understand [that] before anything else.”
In the biggest Premier League result of the day, Brighton cruised to a 3-0 win over champions Arsenal at the Amex Stadium thanks to goals from Pascal Gross, Charalampos Kostoulas and Chema Andrés.
Yesterday’s Premier League results
Preamble
Hello, good morning and welcome to another Matchday live! We have four Premier League fixtures to look forward to this afternoon, with Manchester United, Manchester City and Liverpool all involved.
There is also (another) Old Firm derby taking place as Celtic seek revenge for last weekend’s 3-0 Scottish League Cup defeat to Rangers. And in the Women’s Super League, Ctystal Palace host Tottenham, Aston Villa travel to face Brighton and West Ham take on Everton.
Not only that, we’ll also be reacting to yesterday’s action – including Arsenal’s 3-0 defeat to Brighton.
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