Brighton Thrash Arsenal 3-0 to Hand Gunners First Premier League Loss - Tempo.co English
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Arsenal suffered a 3-0 defeat away at Brighton & Hove Albion's Amex Stadium on Saturday, conceding goals to Pascal Gross, Charalampos Kostoulas, and Chema Andres.
This marked Arsenal's first loss of the Premier League season. The Gunners remain in second place with 12 points from five matches.
Brighton climbed to third place with 10 points. Fabian Hurzeler's side is now just two points behind Arsenal, according to the Premier League website as cited by Antara.
Brighton threatened early in the 6th minute when Kostoulas received a through-ball at the edge of the penalty area before firing a shot that was saved by goalkeeper David Raya.
Arsenal responded through Bruno Guimaraes in the 18th minute; he unleashed a first-time shot from mid-range that went narrowly wide of the right post.
Brighton broke the deadlock in the 31st minute. Gross found space outside the penalty area and unleashed an accurate shot that struck the post before finding the bottom right corner of the Arsenal goal.
The hosts threatened again through Yasin Ayari in the 39th minute, but his shot went wide.
Brighton doubled their lead just before halftime. Kostoulas produced a moment of individual brilliance, unleashing a powerful shot that found the bottom left corner of the Arsenal net.
In the second half, Brighton scored a third goal in the 57th minute through Chema Andres, who won an aerial duel inside the box and headed a corner kick into the bottom right corner.
Arsenal attempted to reduce the deficit, but Riccardo Calafiori's header in the 72nd minute went wide of the target.
Kai Havertz also came close to scoring in the 78th minute. Receiving the ball near the edge of the box, Havertz fired a shot towards the left post, which the Brighton goalkeeper managed to save.
Brighton nearly added a fourth goal in the 90th minute. Matt O'Riley managed to get into the penalty area and fired a low shot towards the right post, but Raya made another save.
Brighton (4-2-3-1): Bart Verbruggen; Ferdi Kadioglu, Luka Vuskovic, Pascal Struijk, Olivier Boscagli; Chema Andres, Yasin Ayari; Diego Gomez, Pascal Gross, Maxim De Cuyper; Charalampos Kostoulas.
Arsenal (4-2-3-1): David Raya; Jurrien Timber, Ezri Konsa, Gabriel Magalhaes, Riccardo Calafiori; Declan Rice, Bruno Guimaraes; Bukayo Saka, Martin Odegaard, Christos Tzolis; Kai Havertz.
