"Arsenal ignored their defensive injury crisis to return to the top of the Premier League with a tense 2-1 win against Brighton on Saturday. Mikel Arteta's side were already without a host of defenders before Riccardo Calafiori was injured just before kick-off at the Emirates Stadium. The Gunners made light of those absences as Martin Odegaard put them ahead in the first half before Georginio Rutter's second-half own goal increased the lead."
"The Gunners' barrage was rewarded in the 14th minute as Verbruggen's poor goal-kick was pounced on by Saka and he teed up Odegaard for a fine low finish from the edge of the area. It was the Arsenal captain's first goal this season, ending a personal goal drought stretching back to May. Rice nearly made it two but Dunk cleared his shot off the line before Verbruggen made a brilliant save to repel a clever flick"
Arsenal coped with a mounting defensive injury crisis and still beat Brighton 2-1 at the Emirates. Riccardo Calafiori was injured in the warm-up and Cristhian Mosquera, Ben White and Jurrien Timber were sidelined, forcing Myles Lewis-Skelly into left-back and Declan Rice to start at right-back. Arsenal dominated early, with Bukayo Saka forcing errors that led to Martin Odegaard's 14th-minute low finish, his first goal this season. Georginio Rutter's second-half own goal extended the lead, Diego Gomez pulled one back for Brighton, and Arsenal held on for a third successive league win, moving two points clear of Manchester City.
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