Mikel Arteta’s side simply have to keep winning if they want to stay in this title race.
Arsenal need to leap this hurdle, can they do it?
After a flying start to the season, the Seagulls are now winless in their last seven league games.
Declan Rice is back in the starting line-up for Arsenal.
I was at the Gtech to watch him on New Year’s Day and you could just see that confidence was flowing through his veins again.
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Hurzeler: ‘We’ve not been good enough’
By Harry Bamforth
One of them is Pervis Estupinan who missed the draw away at Aston Villa due to illness.
Winning and performing the way we are today, regardless of what happens with the team and focusing on the things we can control every single day – paying attention to that.
Because what can Liverpool do? We were in that position. Two years ago we had 50 points in the first leg and then didn’t manage to win the league. It can happen to any team, it’s so tough.
We are only halfway and already the amount of talking we have expensed for weeks and weeks and weeks about the title race? It’s nonsense.
Because there are a lot of games to play and in this league, it can be one, two, three results and everything is changed. We have to be ready.
It has been a terrible run of form and the teams they have played are ones you would have expected them to pick up points against.
Can he continue his excellent run in front of goal?
Joel Veltman and Matt O’Riley also come in with lewis Dunk one of the players to drop out.
We now turn to the south coast as Arsenal continue their chase of league leaders Liverpool away at Brighton.
Every game is a big one for Arsenal at the moment.
It’s got the makings of a cracker!
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Gunning for Liverpool
By Harry Bamforth
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Mikel Arteta’s side can cut the gap down to three points before the Reds play Manchester United tomorrow, although they would have played two games more.
16:29
‘Not an easy fixture for Arsenal’
By Harry Bamforth
We want to implement a winning culture. We want a club with high expectations on ourselves. A club with ambition. That is why it’s fine the supporters are frustrated at the moment and they should be frustrated.
Frustrated with my work because, at the moment, it’s not good enough when we see the results. Therefore I am always the most critical of myself and I always reflect on myself and try to improve, try to bring back the results.
That’s my job, my responsibility, that’s why it’s absolutely fine for me that we have this expectation. I try to implement them and I want that they are here, I want that we are frustrated when we don’t get the results and that we are where we don’t want to be. That’s the pressure I have to deal with and it’s a privilege.
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Can Seagulls soar again?
By Harry Bamforth
But no, even he isn’t safe from the rotation that Arteta is continually doing at the moment.
Well, I wasn’t expecting this.
Fabian Hurzeler, Brighton boss, speaking on Friday:
Mikel Arteta, Arsenal boss, speaking to Sky Sports:
It means that in-form Joao Pedro will captain the side.
Brighton have not beaten Arsenal in any of their last four home league games against them. In fact, they usually fair better at the Emirates…
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