Brighton & Hove Albion 2 Arsenal 4
Am astonishing six-goal thriller almost saw Albion make the comeback of the century as Kaoru Mitoma had another fantastic match for the Albion.
Arsenal went ahead after two minutes as Tariq Lamptey and Levi Colwill got in a mess and England’s Bukayo Saka fired past Robert Sanchez after the ball found him via a couple of deflections from Gabriel Martinelli’s shot.
Albion struggled to get a foot in. Arsenal were a totally different kettle of fish to Southampton.
Leandro Trossard had an effort which Arron Ramsdale pushed over easily.
Pervis Estupinan and Mitoma were doing their best to carve out chances but, without a recognised striker, Albion were a bit light up front.
Martin Odegaard managed to loop the ball over Sanchez to give the Gunners a 2-0 lead after Albion again failed to clear their lines.
In one frenzied 45th minute, Billy Gilmour, Gabriel and Thomas Partey were all booked.
After the break, Eddie Nketiah and Gabriel Martinelli added two more goals for Brighton while a first ever at the Amex from Mitoma and first Premier League goal for Evan Ferguson kept Albion in it.
If Mitoma’s second hadn’t been ruled out by VAR, Albion would have pulled it back to 4-3 with six minutes of added time left.
