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There has been a lot of conversation this week about "dark arts" in football following the draw between Manchester City and Arsenal on Sunday.

Realistically, everyone who has watched football for longer than one game has seen things they would perceive as "dark arts"; whether it is a player always going down winning free-kicks to take the sting out of the game, kicking the ball into row Z when there was no multi-ball system or time-wasting on goal-kicks.

These are things we see all the time but our perception of it is dependent on the context of a game. You always see some version of it somewhere, and you hope your team would be doing the same thing if in the same situation - because why should you do something that would benefit the opposition you are against?

It is the same as going down a bit more easily to win penalties - some people will say "this guy is a cheat", but then on the other side of their mouth, if it is something that could benefit them, they say "he has tried too hard to stay up, he needed to go down there".

You can have rulings, Ifab can get involved to change this and that, but there will always be a way to push the rules to their limits.

What we saw with Arsenal in that game, where David Raya sat down to get some treatment while the teams gathered, we have seen those moments before. It is not just new to Arsenal - other teams do it.

It is always based on certain moments. You do get more frustrated if it happens against you, but when you need to do it, you encourage people to do it. That is one of the beauties of football - the way you see things is always going to be down to perception, context and just whether you think it is benefiting you or not.

Nedum Onuoha was speaking to BBC Sport's Phil Cartwright

Former Brighton defender Gary Chivers believes Chelsea are showing fine form before facing the Seagulls on Saturday.

Chivers played over 200 games for Albion and made over 100 appearances for Chelsea. Ahead of this weekend's game he has been speaking to the Albion Unlimited podcast about Maresca's team and said: "He's changed the style of play - and now they're playing ever so well.

"The game against West Ham the other day - what a result, the way they played was unbelievable. He gets the full-backs tucking into the midfield, so when in position it's really hard to get the ball off them.

"He's settled in now, they know what he wants and they're showing it when they play, because they're playing awfully well at the moment - it's a tough game for Brighton to go there and get a result."

It will be a re-union for a number of former Brighton players, including Ecuador midfielder Moises Caicedo, and Chivers praised the 22-year-old with how he's started the season.

He added: "Caicedo has been out of this world - his actual play has been unbelievable.

"He got a bit of stick, and rightly so because he was playing in a team that lacked a bit of confidence when he joined. Against West Ham he was awesome."

Another Chelsea player who has started the season in good form and scored two goals against West Ham recently is Nicolas Jackson.

"When he first came to the club, he got a little bit of stick - rightly so again." Chivers said.

"The way he's playing at the moment, he's confident, he took his goals really well and he looks the real deal at the moment - he's progressing brilliantly.

"Maresca likes him to come out wide and then he's going in the middle. He's playing all over the shop."

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Chelsea won both Premier League meetings with Brighton last season, despite having a player sent off in each game.

It was only the second time a team has won consecutive meetings against the same opponent after going down to 10 men in both games.

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Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler has been speaking to the media before Saturday's Premier League game against Chelsea (kick-off 15:00 BST).

Here are the key lines from his news conference:

• Hurzeler said he will be on the touchline at Stamford Bridge, despite his red card in Sunday's draw against Nottingham Forest. On his FA charge: "I know what the fine will be and I also know I will be on the sideline against Chelsea. That's the most positive thing, that I can help my team. I have to learn from the situation, but the fine, we will accept."

• He said his dismissal was because he stepped onto the pitch: "If you give a red card for this, I think you have to ban a lot of coaches during games because it happens. In an emotional phase of the game, it will happen that you make a step on the pitch. Of course we are role models and we have to act like that, but you also should bring out your emotions. In this case, it was just to protect my player because for me it was a hard tackle on him."

• Hurzeler spoke with referees' chief Howard Webb in the aftermath: "He is very open, he listened to me and gave me a clear explanation of how the officials saw the scene. It's important to have a good discussion. Sometimes I don't agree with the referee for what they give a foul for or not, but also they don't agree with all of what I'm doing on the sideline. It's important to have a respectful relationship and the exchange with Howard was very respectful."

• Striker Joao Pedro is unlikely to be involved against Chelsea. "Joao still has some problems. We have to go week to week with him, but I don't think he will be an option for the weekend. I am not sure how long he will be out. I'm convinced he will be back soon but you can't take any risks."

• On Saturday's opponents: "On one side, you have to analyse them by what they do tactically and they have good solutions [with] a great goalkeeper who starts trying to build the game from the back with his feet. Besides the technical things, they have great individual players, so you have to focus on not creating a mismatch and try to bring in players into personal duels that you think will be a good match."

• He added: "It's important to find a good solution with the ball. You can't go there to only defend - you have to have a lot of courage with the ball."

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The draw has been made for the Carabao Cup fourth round, with 12 Premier League clubs having made it through and Newcastle set to play their postponed tie against Wimbledon on 1 October.

There are four confirmed all-Premier League fixtures, including Tottenham hosting Manchester City and holders Liverpool travelling to Brighton.

Ties are scheduled to take place the week commencing 28 October.

All the fixtures featuring top-flight sides are shown below:

• Brentford v Sheffield Wednesday

• Southampton v Stoke

• Tottenham v Manchester City

• AFC Wimbledon/Newcastle v Chelsea

• Manchester United v Leicester

• Brighton v Liverpool

• Preston North End v Arsenal

• Aston Villa v Crystal Palace

See the full draw