An upset Mikel Arteta branded Brighton’s pummelling of Arsenal as a ‘large lesson’ which had left him ‘extraordinarily disenchanted’ along with his gamers on a shock afternoon for the reigning Premier League champions.
Objectives from Pascal Gross and Charalampos Koustoulas put the Seagulls forward by half-time, earlier than Chema Andres’ header added the gloss on an emphatic show.
The Gunners had been dominated from the beginning, leaving Arteta livid over his staff’s efficiency. It ends their seven-game unbeaten run throughout all competitions, and is Arsenal’s first league defeat since final April towards Manchester Metropolis.
Arteta stated: ‘Extraordinarily disenchanted, however to start with, I believe now we have to congratulate Brighton for the victory. I believe they deserve it, they had been the higher staff.
‘Brighton had been one other gear up from us. We had been extraordinarily poor technically and never respecting the sport.
‘And from our aspect there have been sure fundamentals that you should accomplish in soccer, particularly within the Premier League, that we had been very removed from.
Mikel Arteta stated he was ‘extraordinarily disenchanted’ after Arsenal had been crushed 3-0 by Brighton
Arteta admitted he had a destructive feeling early on within the sport in an abject show from his aspect
‘Within the first duel, the second ball, that put the sport, particularly how direct they had been, in a extremely troublesome place for us.
‘On high of that, after we did regain the ball, particularly in our personal half, the quantity of technical errors that we did and we did not respect any precept of play that it’s important to get out of these man-to-man conditions.
‘That put us all the time on the again foot, so it was very troublesome to regulate the sport. After we had moments of dominance and management, we opened them up, however we did not end these actions with the standard that’s required.
‘So on the finish of the day, I believe they should win the sport and it is a large lesson for us.’
Bruno Guimaraes was additionally left offended concerning the show and stated gamers had been complaining about it within the altering room.
‘I believe at the moment is a day to overlook,’ stated Guimaraes. ‘Every little thing we tried did not work. Credit score to them (Brighton) as properly however we will not settle for this right here.
‘I believe within the altering room, everybody was complaining about ourselves, concerning the stage we performed at the moment. Like I stated, it isn’t acceptable. A really dangerous day within the workplace.’
Arteta admitted he had a destructive feeling concerning the upcoming outcome from the very begin of the sport.
‘From the primary throw-in you might sense it, it was so clear,’ he stated.
‘We put ourselves in hassle one time, two occasions, 3 times and we have to get out of that a lot faster than that. That is one of many largest classes that now we have to take from the sport at the moment.’
In the meantime, an elated Hurzeler was stuffed with reward for his Brighton staff.
He stated: ‘It was a particular win. Not solely as a result of we performed the most effective staff in England however due to the efficiency. I’m actually happy with my staff. It is all the time essential to get pleasure from these moments. We had been horrible to play towards.’
Requested if it was the most effective results of his profession, Hurzeler added: ‘It’s a troublesome query to ask instantly after the sport when the feelings are nonetheless excessive.
‘It is extremely essential to remain humble. Now we have to get pleasure from this second, however perceive why we had success, and are available again to our roots which is about being sensible within the fundamentals,and trusting one another.’
