LONDON (Reuters) – Arsenal lost to Brighton & Hove\nAlbion at home for the first time ever on Thursday night as goals by Adam\nWebster and Neal Maupay lifted the visitors to a 2-1 victory in the Premier\nLeague.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Arsenal, who fired Unai Emery as manager last week and\nappointed former player Freddie Ljungberg as caretaker boss, now sit 10th in\nthe table on 19 points, with Brighton a single point behind and three places\nbelow them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Of course, it’s disappointing but we’ve got to keep on\ngoing,” Ljungberg told reporters. “The players are low on confidence,\nI think you can see that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We’re in a difficult situation. We started the game\nflat with no energy. It’s my job to get them to be aggressive and play with\nenergy.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Brighton had an early chance when Arsenal defender Hector\nBellerin brought down Aaron Connolly on the edge of the area, but Pascal Gross\nblasted his free kick straight into the Arsenal wall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The visitors poured forward, with Maupay whipping in a shot\nfrom a tight angle that raced narrowly past keeper Bernd Leno’s far post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Their pressure finally paid off in the 36th minute when\ncentre back Webster pounced on the ball as it broke loose after a corner,\npoking home past Leno to give the visitors the lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Arsenal’s Alexandre Lacazette equalised five minutes into\nthe second half with a high looping header from a Mesut Ozil corner which\nbounced in off the far post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The home side briefly thought they had taken the lead when\nDavid Luiz shanked the ball home from a free kick, only for the Brazilian to be\nfound clearly offside by VAR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Instead, Brighton’s Maupay headed a cross from Aaron Mooy\ninto the far corner past Leno in the 80th minute to give Potter’s side a\nhistoric win in north London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“It’s fantastic to get the three points here tonight,”\nPotter told reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I’m proud of the players. They stuck at it and managed\nthe situations quite well, and played well against some talented players, and a\nnice winning goal – a bit of quality from us,” he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Maybe it gives us confidence that we’re on the path to\ndoing something.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Michael Johnmary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"