Brighton and Hove Albion finished a seven-coordinate winless altercation the Premier League with a shock 2-1 triumph at top-four pursuing Arsenal on Saturday after Zambian midfielder Enock Mwepu scored one goal and made another.
The outcome left Arsenal fifth in the table on 54 focuses, behind Tottenham Hotspur - who play Aston Villa later - on goal distinction however having now played similar number of games. Brighton climbed to eleventh with 37 places.
"It has been an intense week, particularly today since we needed a response (to the loss at Crystal Palace)," Arsenal supervisor Mikel Arteta told the BBC.
"It came in the final part, which is past the point of no return; we must have the boldness and character to play much better and raise the level in the main half.
"We made it really challenging for ourselves. We were messy, we had no reason to assault, we were really uncertain and didn't have any desire to play forward."
Arteta rejigged the Arsenal firing line-up because of wounds and midfielder Granit Xhaka began at left back, a choice that gave Arsenal no control in midfield and no union in assault in the main half.
Brighton opened the scoring when a long ball observed Mwepu on Xhaka's flank and with the Swiss global further upfield, Mwepu observed space for a reduction to Leandro Trossard whose twisting exertion cruised past goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale.
Weapons store thought they had gotten a balancer not long before the break when Gabriel Martinelli headed home in the midst of a group close to the goal line, however it was chalked off after VAR endured four minutes taking a gander at replays to control the Brazilian offside.
An adjustment of development gave Arsenal trust in the last part however it was immediately snuffed out when Mwepu penetrated a half-volley from the edge of the container into the rear of the net.
Martin Odegaard split the shortage in the 89th moment with a confident long-range shot that took a devilish avoidance and circled over goalkeeper Robert Sanchez to give Arsenal a help, yet Brighton hung on.
"I'm happy we won today, we really wanted the three focuses. Coming from six losses is difficult," Mwepu said.
"We really put stock in ourselves, we have the perfect mindset in the gathering and we showed what we could do today. The blueprint was to win."
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