Chelsea will play in the Champions League again next season after Brighton held Arsenal to a 1-1 draw at Emirates Stadium on Sunday.
Match Report
Arsenal were held 1-1 at home by Brighton and Hove Albion in the Premier League, the result severely denting their top-four hopes and confirming Chelsea's Champions League return.
The Blues moved up to third place in the table with a home win against Watford and their fellow Europa League semi-finalists were unable to respond at Emirates Stadium later on Sunday.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang gave Unai Emery's men an early lead from the penalty spot, but Brighton - whose survival was rubbed-stamped by Cardiff City's relegation on Saturday - battled back to claim a deserved draw.
Match Events
9' Penalty Goal! Arsenal 1-0 Brighton (Aubameyang)
Jahanbakhsh is the wrong side of Monreal as they both went for Aubameyang's pass into the box and the winger catches the Arsenal left-back, who goes down.
It's a terrific penalty from Aubameyang, fired into the bottom-left corner with Ryan diving the wrong way.
He has now scored 20 Premier League goals for Arsenal this season - he becomes the sixth different player to net 20 times in a single campaign for the Gunners.
61' Penalty Goal! Arsenal 1-1 Brighton (Murray)
Arsenal swarm forward in numbers but Mkhitaryan plays a poor pass and Brighton break quickly through March.
He beats Xhaka for pace and the midfielder leaves a trailing arm out to send the winger to the floor and concede a penalty!
Murray sticks the ball into the bottom-right corner of the net and it's 1-1! It is Murray's 200th career league goal - he'd been waiting on that one for a while.
MoazzamMazari
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Official:United and Arsenal won the fight for Europa League. Congratulations to them.
Koyecantara
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Breaking: Arsenal have automatically qualified for the Europa league
Hazza1002
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Finallyc looks like Man Utd and Arsenal won the battle for europa league [Crylaugh]
RØBÏÑ_HØØD
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Aubameyang must be feeling real bad now after he missed some important shots... Cost Arsenal a UCL spot.. Anyways hope the come back stronger
ghostrider7762
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Arsenal should also cut the wages of their players like Man utd....I think they should not even get a single penny.....Absolute disgrace
Nouacentu
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xhaka,Miki,iwobi,mustafi,elneny, should all leave. Ramsey,peter cech, kosilny will leave as well. Big summer ahead for arsenal. 4 week ago it was all in our hand now we bottled it.
kolonegooner
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Again i say it....we are not good enough for CL!!!!!!! How can you be good with Xhaka in your team. Lets not fool ourselves....as much as we are close, we were sooooooooooo far from being there. We controlled our fate, we had it in our hands, we knew what we had to do to get there.....what did we do, WE BOTTLED IT!!!!! Thats the existence of this Arsenal side, just poor on all levels. AND THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT IN CL, MY FELLOW GOONERS??? Not I, I do not want to endure a CL campaign getting beat constantly. IT HURTS, BUT ITS THE BEST NEWS FOR US. MAKE CHANGES EMERY,MAKE SOME NEEDED CHANGES.
Nesaiknruy_Legend
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Thank you United and Arsenal for finally putting an end to such a ridiculous race for the Europa league. Congrats to both of you for qualification in such a hard fought battle. You done well.
Zoobkmnot
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Arsenal, my Arsenal! What a disappointment! How can our mighty Arsenal settle for Europa. Emry needs a total overhaul of the team. Send the tired legs away. Fix the defense. Get the players to play with enough urgency and passion. Else next season we might still have this same experience. God forbid!!!
DaMhztourage
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Boys separated from men , as Arsenal and Utd gift Chelsea top 4 finish in a dramatic fashion.
fondsty
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Auba need replacement, while laca need to be a sub next season. A striker who close his eyes when going for a header , and not strong to control ball when defender is at his back. no good touches from him , then why are you a striker . you run to box all the time but you have know single goal from head for the whole season the same as laca . laca shooting aimlessly without football sense Arsenal is nothing without good finishers Auba is nothing as a striker. is better you change your jersey number to 19 than been a disgrace to Tiery Henry .
ShubhamRK48
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That feeling when you realize that u need to take the tough road(UEL trophy) to qualify for UCL😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Arsenal's gonna always be the same🙈💩
MisheckChelsea
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like I said last time, Arsenal can't win in the premire league.... just transfer this team to Seria A or Laliga
kisilah
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I earlier on had a bad feeling about Xhaka. Iwobi is brainless.. This whole team doesn't deserve to go to champions league. It will be an embarrassment to 🇬🇧 and catastrophic to the fans. Needs a major overhaul!!
Sheehama Natangwe
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when you remember Arsenal still have UEL triumph to access UCL
Yizbdioz
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With this latest 1-1 result against Brighton, it shows Arsenal are just mere pretenders as a big team in the EPL. Forget their results at the Europa league, this team lacks the ammunition for reckoning as a big team. They don't have the modern and polished bullets for the kill especially when it was really necessary. Winning the Europa's trophy should not be the only and absolute focus, but how to make Arsenal a favourite global brand like of old. The board should have a rethink on their budget for new the season. Arsenal fans and supporters should stop blaming the coach or coaches, " you can't urge a man beyond his ability", regarding the players. I really want them to be in the Europa finals, but lifting the trophy that will give them automatic push to UCL . . . ???
Delvaye
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Yes yes .... the Europa giant (Unai Emery) has qualified Asrenal for the Europa League!
Zepanops
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i dont know why emery keeps on playing iwobi is we all can see his useless in the line up and does nothing for the team i think i right back will do a better job in his posision
Juneiknrsu
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Only miracle can help Arsenal to the top 4. Arsenal to beat Burnley by 4 goals. Hotspur to lose Everton by 4 goals. Same total points for both team after 38 games. Same goal difference of 24 goals. However, Arsenal has a higher goal scored as compared with Hotspur. Arsenal just managed to squeeze through to top 4. As mentioned, Only miracle can overturn the top 4.
Asap12
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arsenal fans now [Crylaugh][Crylaugh][Crylaugh]
Asap12
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try to find out why arsenal drop another point[Crylaugh][Crylaugh][Crylaugh]
Asap12
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arsenal fan now [Crylaugh][Crylaugh]
Asap12
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arsenal fan now AGAIN