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Mikel Arteta previews Arsenal’s crunch clash with Brighton

Arsenal host Brighton this afternoon trying to stay top of the Premier League pile as 2026 rounds into view.

The Gunners have won their last two league matches but not in the same convincing manner they were earlier in the season – needing a Viktor Gyokeres penalty to beat Everton last time out, having required a 94th-minute own goal to scrape past winless Wolves in the previous fixture.

The sub-par performances will give Mikel Arteta cause for concern as Manchester City begin to breathe down their necks at the top of the table but Brighton are enduring their own struggles of late, having failed to record a victory in their last four games.

Fabian Hurzeler’s side are still ninth in the Premier League though and will pose the Gunners plenty of post-Christmas questions as they try to spring an upset.

Arsenal 1-0 Brighton, 18 mins

This has been a much better performance so far from Arsenal and that Odegaard goal reflects their dominance.

Gruda clatters ex-Brighton man Troassard near halfway - that’ll sting!

This is the moment Odegaard put the Gunners ahead

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Luke Baker27 December 2025 15:20

Arsenal 0-0 Brighton, 14 mins

We all know about Arsenal’s set-piece prowess. The corner is from the right, Arsenal’s players all run forward from the back stick and Saka curls the ball into the near post where Trossard flicks it on but over the bar.

The Gunners then recover the ball, Odegaard feeds Saka on the right, he shimmies inside and tries a patented curler into the far corner but it’s over the bar. Good from Arsenal though.

Luke Baker27 December 2025 15:15