Man City are now just one win away from winning the Premier League title after Arsenal’s defeat to Brighton at the Emirates Stadium.
Goals from Julio Enkiso, Deniz Undav and Parvis Etupinen ensured a deserved victory for Brighton on Sunday, but handed the title to Man City in the process.
After a competitive opening filled with huge challenges, it was Brighton who had the first remarkable shot on goal, with Julio Enciso dancing around Jakub Kivor before Aaron Ramsdale was forced to make a smart save at his near post. did.
Arsenal really started to dominate the game after this, on several occasions winning the ball back to Brighton in the final third. One of these opportunities would almost lead to the opening goal, with Alexis McAllister being fouled by Martin Odegaard, before the Norwegian lobbed the ball through to Gabriel Jesus on the right side of the penalty area. From an ever-increasing angle, Jesus was able to save Jason Steele with his legs.
On the half-hour mark the Gunners would come even closer to opening the scoring when Leandro Trossard—substitute for the injured Gabriel Martinelli—cut in from the left flank and cannoned the ball over the crossbar.
At the start of the second half, Arsenal regretted the missed chances when Ankissou gave his side a 1–0 lead. Despite being 5’6 the talented youngster reacted first to Pervis Estupinen’s volleyed cross from the left to head home.
The Gunners went ahead with genuine intent after falling behind, substitute Reiss Nelson cutting in from the left and drilling just wide of the post in the 63rd minute.
Trossard would come close seven minutes later when Odegaard was found with a beautiful through ball. His first effort from inside the penalty area however, was well collected by Steele.
After these chances, Brighton were very comfortable for the rest of the game, despite Mikel Arteta shooting down every attacker on the Gunners’ books on the pitch.
They were so comfortable, in fact, that they managed to double their lead through Deniz Undav.
The substitute took advantage of some poor play from Trossard and Aaron Ramsdale to latch on to a loose ball in the penalty box and loft the ball beautifully over the Arsenal goalkeeper and into the net.
In the 97th minute, Brighton added a misery-compounding third through Estupinen. The full-back made the quickest response to save Ramsdale to tap home and make it 3–0.
GK – Aaron Ramsdale – 4/10 – Couldn’t do anything about the first goal, but his poor distribution led to the second.
RB – Ben White – 3/10 – Struggled at times with the length balls at the top.
CB – Jacob Kivor – 4/10 – He was looking a bit weak compared to recent games.
CB – Gabriel – 6/10 – A fighting performance against the towering presence of Ivan Ferguson.
LB – Kieran Tierney – 5/10 – He is a good player, but Arsenal are a better team with Zinchenko in the line-up.
Chief Minister – Martin Odegaard – 6/10 – Showed glimpses of quality, but didn’t make enough of an impression on gamers
CM – Jorginho – 4/10 –Really struggled to find a foothold in the middle of the park.
CM – Granite View – 5/10 – Showing a good first half but is quite quiet in the second half.
RW – Bukayo Saka – 6/10 – Tried hard but didn’t prove required end product.
ST – Gabriel Jesus – 4/10 – Had half as good chances to score in the first half. After that just didn’t do much.
LW – Gabriele Martinelli – N/A – Came early injured.
Leandro Trossard – 4/10 – Hit the crossbar in the first half. A goal mistake in the second.
Thomas Partey – N/A.
Reiss Nelson – N/A.
Emil Smith Rowe – N/A.
Manager – Mikel Arteta – 5/10 – Smartly thought out today by De Zerbi and looking nervous in the second half after being booked for outbursts at the officials.
GK – Jason Steele – 6/10 – So, so composed with the ball at your feet.
RB – Moises Caicedo – 8/10 – You can see why every top club wants to sign him this summer. He can also play right-back better than most.
CB – Levi Colville – 6/10 – The youngster impressed once again with his quality on the ball.
CB – Lewis Dunk – 6/10 – Gabriel treated Jesus well.
LB – Parvis Estupinen – 8/10 – Is he the best left-back in the Premier League right now? He’s definitely in the conversation at least. Scored his first Premier League goal.
DM – Pascal Gross – 6/10 – Maintained control throughout the game and helped Brighton take control several times.
DM – Billy Gilmour – 5/10 – Worked hard but got buried in the 60th minute.
RM – Julio Anciso – 8/10 – So vibrant and a worthy goal achieved.
AM – Alexis McAllister – 6/10 – Very busy in the middle of the park and also showed some real quality on the ball at times.
LM – Kaoru Mitoma – 7/10 – Most of his best work was actually done on the defensive side of the ball.
ST – Ivan Ferguson – 6/10 – Enjoyed a fiercely physical fight with Gabriel.
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Danny Welbeck – 6/10.
Facundo Buonanote – N/A.
Deniz Undav – 7/10 – Nice shot.
Manager – Roberto De Zerbi – 8/10 – Another great performance from his Brighton team. The Italian set his side to play their game and they did exactly that.