Postpublished at 19:20 Greenwich Mean Time 31 December 2022
Brighton 2-4 Arsenal
Tony Pulis
Former Stoke manager on BBC Radio 5 Live
Wow. Where was that offside?
Summary
Arsenal end 2022 seven points clear of Man City at top of Premier League
RESULT: Arsenal 4-2 Brighton
RESULT: Man City 1-1 Everton
RESULT: Fulham 2-1 Southampton
RESULT: Bournemouth 0-2 Crystal Palace
RESULT: Newcastle 0-0 Leeds
RESULT: Wolves 0-1 Man Utd - Marcus Rashford, dropped from starting XI for 'internal disciplinary' reason, scores winner in second half
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Postpublished at 19:20 Greenwich Mean Time 31 December 2022
DISALLOWED GOALpublished at 89 mins
Brighton 2-4 Arsenal
The goal is ruled out with Kaoru Mitoma's leg just offside before he scored.
Arsenal fans will breathe a huge sigh of relief.
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Video Assistant Refereepublished at 19:19 Greenwich Mean Time 31 December 2022
Brighton 3-4 Arsenal
But wait... VAR is having a check for a possible offside.
GOAL - Brighton 3-4 Arsenalpublished at 88 mins
Kaoru Mitoma
Wow!
It is another really, really good finish by Kaoru Mitoma as he is picked out from a throw in and then guides a neat finish that takes a slight deflection off Rob Holding into the far corner.
Postpublished at 87 mins
Brighton 2-4 Arsenal
A very strange but entertaining game. Arsenal had huge spells of being very comfortable and dominant yet it feels like they are hanging on a bit at the moment.
Brighton are doing all the attacking.
SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 84 mins
Brighton 2-4 Arsenal
Rob Holding comes on for Martin Odegaard as Arsenal look to see this out.
YELLOW CARDpublished at 82 mins
Brighton 2-4 Arsenal
A terrible and unnecessary dive by Jeremy Sarmiento on the right side of the box and the Brighton substitute is rightly booked.
It's all Brighton are the moment. Arsenal are hanging on to their two-goal advantage a bit now.
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Brighton 2-4 Arsenal
Tony Pulis
Former Stoke manager on BBC Radio 5 LiveIf you can get in behind Arsenal, you'll create chances against them.
Postpublished at 80 mins
Brighton 2-4 Arsenal
Brighton are pushing. Fair play to their never give up attitude. They've got 10 minutes to find another goal that would really make things interesting.
'Game on'published at 19:10 Greenwich Mean Time 31 December 2022
Brighton 2-4 Arsenal
Tony Pulis
Former Stoke manager on BBC Radio 5 LiveSaliba has played Ferguson in, he gets an assist for that I think. It's a long ball through the middle of the pitch, you wouldn't expect to score goals like that, especially with Arsenal's quality.
It's a mistake. Brighton have punished them, game on again.
GOAL - Brighton 2-4 Arsenalpublished at 77 mins
Evan Ferguson
A big goal for the 18-year-old!
A rare mistake by William Saliba as he is beaten to the ball by Evan Ferguson, who then bundles past Aaron Ramsdale.
It is his first league goal for Ferguson, who has certainly added more threat to Brighton's attack since coming on.
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Brighton 1-4 Arsenal
A change for Brighton perhaps with half a mind on saving legs for their next game. Solly March goes off and Julio Enciso is on for his third Premier League appearance this season.
get involved Get Involvedpublished at 19:05 Greenwich Mean Time 31 December 2022
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At the beginning of last season I predicted Arteta to be sacked when they had a terrible start to the season. I'm eating my words now. Arteta clearly stuck to his guns (no pun intended) and it's paying off now. I'm a Liverpool fan but I don't see Man City stopping the Gunners from winning the Premier League this season.
Anon
Postpublished at 75 mins
Brighton 1-4 Arsenal
Gabriel Martinelli's goal is his seventh in the Premier League this season.
It is also his first league goal away from the Emirates since the opening game of the season against Crystal Palace.
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As an Arsenal fan, this is all very exciting, but I won't be thinking about a possible title until at least the end of April!
Jon
Great times for us Arsenal fans. But I remember times where we have been in brilliant positions in the first half of the season to only go and lose it in the second half. I'm semi confident that won't happen again!
David
SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 73 mins
Brighton 1-4 Arsenal
Arsenal make another change as on comes Mohamed Elneny for Thomas Partey.
'Martinelli has been fantastic'published at 19:02 Greenwich Mean Time 31 December 2022
Brighton 1-4 Arsenal
Tony Pulis
Former Stoke manager on BBC Radio 5 LiveOdegaard's pass is absolutely top draw. Runners in behind, Arsenal do it brilliantly. They have done it again. The two wide players,Saka and Martinelli, for me have been absolutely fantastic.
GOAL - Brighton 1-4 Arsenalpublished at 70 mins
Gabriel Martinelli
Well that's the way to put any thoughts of a fightback to bed!
Martin Odegaard plays a brilliant ball from inside his own half to send Gabriel Martinelli away and the forward then prods the ball through Robert Sanchez's legs.
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Brighton 1-3 Arsenal
Mikel Arteta is pacing up and down his technical area, trying to wake his players up. They've just let their grip on this game ease a bit having been so comfortable for so long.
Postpublished at 18:58 Greenwich Mean Time 31 December 2022
Brighton 1-3 Arsenal
Tony Pulis
Former Stoke manager on BBC Radio 5 LiveGreat pass from Dunk, an angled ball inside Arsenal's back four and Gross just couldn't get a strong enough touch on the ball.