Nacho Monreal scored his first Premier League goal since March 2013 as Arsenal beat Brighton & Hove Albion 2-0 to maintain their flawless home record this season. As Brighton’s defenders claimed for a goal-kick, Shkodran Mustafi and Hector Bellerin had shots blocked before Monreal finally found space to poke in his first league goal since March 2013 in the 16th minute.
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A well worked Brighton free-kick resulted in Solly March striking the post from 20 yards shortly afterwards.
35 – Since 2016-17, Alexis Sanchez has been involved in 35 PL goals (24 goals 11 assists), more than double any other Arsenal player. Key.
The game would end in a deserved win for the hosts, who go fifth, level on points with Chelsea and just one behind Spurs, as their season continues to improve. “They will score goals if we defend and can help with a clean sheet it is much better”.
“It has been a while since I felt a proper Arsenal player but I am back, in training, back in the squad, playing these types of games”.
But, the competition in the Premier League is such that no team can be taken for granted.
It was a fairly comfortable 45 minutes of football for Arsenal, and with the one-goal cushion entering the break, the priority in the second half was simply to manage the game, limit Brighton’s attacking threat, and secure the three points.
The Gunners continued to press, with Iwobi shrugging off a challenge from Stephens to get a shot away straight at Ryan on 28 minutes, with a Lewis Dunk slip-up six minutes later giving Lacazette a chance that he should have done better with.
The Gunners scored twice but it should have been more.
Albion boss Chris Hughton was in charge of Newcastle United the last time Arsenal lost at home to a newly-promoted team seven years ago.
Arsenal took the lead early on when Nacho Monreal finished after the ball fell to him in the box.
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Theo Walcott – N/A – Similarly to Giroud, it was hard for him to have an impact with little time on the pitch and the way the game was going. The Gunners are unbeaten in September after a slow start to the season in August. It is important to give them enough games.
