Mikel Arteta accused his Arsenal gamers of failing to “respect the sport” of their 3-0 defeat to Brighton on the Amex Stadium.
Objectives from Pascal Gross, Charalampos Kostoulas and Chema Andres consigned the champions to their heaviest Premier League loss in three years and abruptly ended their profitable begin to the marketing campaign.
Arteta felt his gamers have been discovered wanting within the bodily battle on the south coast and in addition bemoaned their sloppiness on the ball as they have been overwhelmed by Brighton’s urgent.
“A really disappointing outcome and efficiency,” he mentioned. “Full credit score to Brighton within the method they carried out and went in regards to the recreation.
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Highlights from the Premier League match between Brighton and Arsenal
“They have been one other gear from us within the fundamentals of the sport. They have been at all times first within the first duel, within the second actions, second balls, they usually began to play from there.
“And on prime of that, after we had the ball, particularly in our personal half, we have been extraordinarily poor technically, not respecting the sport and the sport rules you must apply towards a group that need to press you man to man.
“That by no means offers you the choice to dominate and management the sport within the method you need. After which after we had massive probabilities, we did not put them away.
“We’ve to verify we study the lesson as a result of this could’t occur once more.”
Talking in his press convention, Arteta added: “There are a whole lot of moments when the ball is 50-50 and it modifications arms, and more often than not it was for them.
“Generally there have been some technical errors concerned that opened us up in a extremely tough method, however that is one thing to study.
“From the primary throw-in you could possibly sense it, it was so clear. We put ourselves in bother one time, two instances, thrice and we wanted to get out of that a lot faster than that. That is one of many largest classes that we’ve to take from the sport.”
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The defeat ends a run of eight consecutive Premier League wins for Arsenal. Arteta, though crucial of his facet’s show, referred to as for perspective forward of the three-week worldwide break.
“It is not going to remove what the group has finished and the boys have finished within the final six or seven weeks since getting back from the World Cup,” he mentioned.
“With 18 gamers coming again, what we have finished, the best way we have competed and the quantity of video games we have gained has been outstanding.
“However this can be a massive lesson for all of us to know what it takes to win at this degree.”
How Arsenal have been outfought
Evaluation by Sky Sports activities’ Nick Wright:
It isn’t usually that Arsenal are outfought however they may not stay with Brighton’s depth and the numbers backed up Arteta’s criticism.
Brighton’s urgent was unbelievable within the first half and the Gunners could not match their degree within the second interval both.
In keeping with Opta, the hosts gained possession within the last third 9 instances. It’s the second-highest whole by any facet in a Premier League recreation this season. It is usually essentially the most by any facet towards Arsenal in any recreation both this time period or final.
Arsenal have been left disorientated by the blizzard of early Brighton strain, with summer season signing Bruno Guimaraes discovering it significantly tough, and couldn’t recuperate their poise.
Having smothered Arsenal with their urgent, Brighton asserted their dominance from set-pieces too, scoring their third purpose from one among a number of harmful corners and, finally, claiming revenge for his or her acrimonious defeat on this fixture final season.
Hurzeler: We have been horrible to play towards
Fabian Hurzeler savoured a “particular” efficiency from his facet as Brighton moved as much as third, solely two factors behind Arsenal.
Their whole of 16 objectives is the best by any Premier League facet within the first 5 video games of a season since Manchester Metropolis hit 19 firstly of the 2022/23 marketing campaign.
Chema Andres celebrates after heading Brighton right into a 3-0 lead
“Beating the present champions and the most effective group in England is one thing particular,” he mentioned.
“Nevertheless it’s not as a result of the result’s particular, it is the efficiency. The boys confirmed actual togetherness and depth.
“They have been horrible to play towards and that is as a result of we did the fundamental issues proper. Total I used to be very happy with the efficiency.
“I feel we deserved to win. It is a second the gamers and the workers can take pleasure in as a result of they labored onerous for this but it surely’s additionally vital why we had this success, as a result of we did the fundamentals proper and we have been good within the duels.”