FT Arsenal 1:1 Brighton
The score ended in a draw where the home team was slightly disadvantaged because Declan Rice had to get a red card, overall Brighton was able to match Arsenal game. This means that Brighton now has quite a troublesome strength, Arsenal looked difficult to penetrate the defense built by Fabian Hürzeler as a new coach he managed to present an effective strategy. I was quite surprised because Arsenal were favored to win, but a draw was not what Arteta wanted.
The red card changed the whole dimension of the game. Declan Rice is too experienced to make such a silly mistake. His single error cost Arsenal the game and may cost them the league title. In the last two seasons, Arsenal have lost the league title to Manchester City by just a few points. Arsenal should know by now that every point matters. This loss might just come to haunt Arsenal by the end of the season. I still believe Arsenal has what it takes to win the league.
Brighton Albion managed to score not less than 9minutes after Declan Rice was shown a red card for his action, for Brighton it was a great opportunity and they didn't hesitate to take it as it presented itself. Arsenal didn't play badly in today's match which could have been a victory for them if they weren't one man down in almost 40minutes of regular time left.
Arsenal do need to be careful with this season not to repeat their mistake of last season which Manchester City had to come from behind to lift the trophy with just a few points. Truly every point matters at this stage because if they are able to gather every points from now going forward they won't be on pressure to winning every other match towards the end of the season as it was for them in the previous two seasons.