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So much for the new Invincibles. Arsenal were brought back down to earth with a shuddering bump by a scintillating display from Brighton as Fabian Hürzeler’s vibrant side celebrated the club’s 125th anniversary in style.
The special edition shirts they wore to mark the occasion will end up being collector’s items after the Premier League champions were ripped apart. Arsenal were attempting to record an eighth successive victory in all competitions to start the new campaign for the first time since 1903 when they were still known as Woolwich Arsenal.
Instead, it is Brighton – inspired by first-half goals from the veteran stand-in captain, Pascal Gross, and the exciting teenager Charalampos Kostoulas – who find themselves in third place, two points behind Arsenal. New signing Chema Andrés made the points safe from a corner 12 minutes into the second half. That meant Arsenal conceded three goals for the first time since December 2023 in all competitions and Mikel Arteta will be most concerned that it could easily have been more against the division’s top scorers, 16 in five games.
Overpowered and overrun, Arsenal were subjected to the sort of gruelling treatment they usually inflict on their opponents.
Mikel Arteta’s side did not look anything like Premier League champions here, as Brighton and Hove Albion produced a stunning performance full of swarming energy and breathless bravery.
In the biggest test of their season so far, Arsenal fell woefully short of the standards they have set themselves over the past few campaigns, losing 3-0.
This sort of thing simply does not happen to Arteta’s side. Well, it did not happen. Not before this monstering on the south coast, where the Brighton fans were whipped into a frenzy by the brilliance of Fabian Hürzeler’s players.
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Arsenal have slumped to a first loss of their Premier League title defence — and it was a shocking, heavy one at high-flying Brighton.
After four-straight wins for the champions, the 3-0 defeat at Amex Stadium on Saturday felt as if it came out of nowhere.
Pascal Gross and Charalampos Kostoulas scored in the first half with shots from outside the penalty area, before Chema Andres completed the win with a header at the back post from Gross' corner as unbeaten Brighton moved third, just two points off the lead.
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