Jurgen Locadia punished a defensive mistake from Arsenal goalkeeper Bernd Leno as Brighton put a dent in Arsenal's top four hopes with a draw on Boxing Day.
Match Events
7'GOAL! Brighton 0-1 Arsenal (Aubameyang)
Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 0, Arsenal 1. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Alexandre Lacazette.
23' Murray's goal disallowed for foul
DISALLOWED GOAL! Murray believes that he has notched the equaliser for Brighton, only to see the effort chalked off. He latched on to March's cut back in the middle, but failed to connect with his strike. However, he closed down Leno and was able to bundle the ball over the line. For a second the referee almost pointed back to the centre circle to award the goal, but then made the decision to award a free-kick to the Gunners.
35'GOAL! Brighton 1-1 Arsenal (Locadia)
Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Arsenal 1. Jürgen Locadia (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal following a fast break.
52' CHANCE! Propper's header wide out
WIDE! March has success down the right flank and he whips a dangerous cross into the middle. Propper rises to head at goal, only to send his effort wide of the target.
Match reports
Jurgen Locadia ended a 17-game wait for a Premier League goal to earn Brighton and Hove Albion a 1-1 draw with Arsenal on Boxing Day.
The Gunners have failed to win four of their last five league matches on the road and they were guilty of throwing away two points on Wednesday as Locadia profited from Stephan Lichtsteiner's mistake to end a 17-game goalless run.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang – the Premier League's top goalscorer – had put the Gunners ahead, but holding onto all three points proved a step too far for Unai Emery's stuttering side.
Match Ratings
Line-ups
Brighton XI: L. Balogun, Murray, Stephens, Groß, Pröpper, Duffy, M. Ryan, M.Montoya, Jürgen Locadia, S. March, Bernardo
Subs: Bong, Bruno, D. Button, B. Kayal, Knockaert, Andone, Bissouma
Arsenal XI: M. Özil, S. Lichtsteiner, Sokratis, Aubameyang, Koscielny, Lacazette, B. Leno, G. Xhaka, Kolasinac, L. Torreira, M. Guendouzi
Subs: P. Čech, Ramsey, M.Elneny, A. Iwobi, A.M Niles, Willock, Nketiah
Barcelona-Arsenal
336
What to expect when you play with 4 different formations in a match? we start off as a 4-3-1-2, switch to a 4-3-3 at halftime, then to a 4-3-2-1 when ramsey comes on, then a 5-2-2-1 when ainslwy comes on. the problem is, we just dont have enough players to compliment eachother. we dont have two natural wingers, only iwobi. Maitland niles is a wingback at best. we lack the number of centrebacks. we have one fully healthy, the other at about 60% (kosc) and mavro was not ready. we have two strikers, but both like playing as target men. xhaka likes to be a deep lying playmaker, but torreira holds that position. we have a creative midfielder in ozil, but he doesnt have options outwide we must sign a 1-2 CBs and a Winger ASAP
tropicalda
295
Pep Guardiola, Sarri, and Pochettino better call for a meeting in Unai Emery's house and plot on how to stop Liverpool asap.
Pieiktu
268
Arsenal need to get an experienced ball playing midfielder, a center back and a winger( Pepe, Dembele, Suso or Almiron) in this January window. These buys is a must if they are ready to move up in premier league table. Iwobi should be sent on loan, Mihkitaryan and Ozil should be sold, Koscienyl and Lichsteiner should be retired, Sokratis should be benched or playing from the bench, the guy defends only with body without sense and that’s why he has received more yellow cards. Guendouzzi should be benched, the guy lacks creativity, only has work rate, his midfield ingenuity is too basic and it’s too erroneous to put the attacking responsibility of the team on this young lad. He needs more experience. Basically, Arsenal need a tough defense coach, pray Holding and Mavro come back fitter and stronger and get Duffy/Maguire/Manolas/.
Gunnersincebirth
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Lichtsteiner has to go useless, nonchalant ,not great, overrated, what's the point of subbing Koscienly for Maitland Niles when Lichtsteiner can be subbed .Has Emery lost his magic. I have a feeling we will bounce back. still a gunner.
cewabcinoz
249
Nothing has really changed.!
Je5erson05
239
We played like a relegation team. Shitty defence, always droop ng points in must win games. God help us against Liverpool with this shitty defense
Mohindia
231
The Tiki taka infirmity is just too much,gaining 67% possession but the end result is nothing, the main ingredient in football is goals
EpaphrasDaniel
228
Welcome to Europa League once again gunners
Rohingya94
226
What? Is it not a real gun? You need real talented bullet
ORCHI2113
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GUENDOUZI+TORRIERA= CHAOS IN MIDFIELD (OPPONENTS RUN OVER YOU). Missing XHAKA+TORRIERA.......[Sadtolook][Sadtolook][Sadtolook]
ColloV
191
When listing out-of-form players, yo didn't mention Lichtsteiner... That aging man has naver been on form.
Naj316
189
Its not easy to play 2 teams brighton and holve albion😂
soulnice
172
arsene Wenger spirit back at arsenal...
tedadkpsy
147
auba misses so many sitters other players literally set up everything for him. he just needs to improve his finishing a bit more
Clintz
127
after watching today's match, I know arsenal doesn't only need to reshuffle their defense but even reshuffle their midfield, the only place arsenal is good is in attack, that why they are a little better than manu wit morinho and other average teams
Jhoxua11
122
Was Ozil playing? ...😅😅
Don_Arsenal12
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Arsenal we are suffering with injuries , so as usual Lacazette and Auba play wonderful football trying to penetrate Liverpool's defense , with the help of Özil , Özil and Ramsey play wonderful to and they drop back and go forward to help Auba and Lacazette , with the help of Kolisinac , Kolisinac and Holding will learn to play with each other well and will learn quick because Holding is a quick learner , and so they will defend , with the help of Maitland , Maitland and Lucas will play good because they both have tensity and speed , with the help of Sokratis , Sokratis and Mustafi are good together . #ArsenalvsLiverpool
playbra
59
Some stats here🧐: 1. Arsenal have gone nine away games without keeping a clean sheet in the Premier League - only between February and October 2010 have they had a longer such run (11) 2. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been directly involved in 30 goals in 32 Premier League appearances for Arsenal (23 goals, 7 assists).
Newtondu
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arsenal defense still looking like arsenal defense