Brighton VS Arsenal 1-1 only to draw with the Seagulls

Brighton VS Arsenal: Football results 1-1 | “The Gunners” Arsenal missed the opportunity to catch up with the leader after only drawing 1-1 with Brighton. In this game, Ethan Nwaneri scored for Arsenal in the 16th minute before the home team equalized from a penalty by Joao Pedro in the 61st minute, giving The Gunners 40 points from 20 matches, ranked second, 5 points behind the leader Liverpool and having played 2 more matches.

Brighton 1-1 Arsenal 

Premier League 2024/25 football match on Saturday night, January 4, 2024, “The Seagulls” Brighton opened their home to welcome the visit of “The Gunners” Arsenal.

The game started in the 16th minute and Arsenal scored the first goal when 17-year-old rising star Ethan Nwaneri dribbled the ball into the penalty area on the right before shooting with his left foot to make it 1-0 for the Gunners.

34 minutes Brighton almost got an equalizer when they intercepted the ball in Arsenal’s territory before Matt O’Reilly passed it to Simon Adingra who fired a shot in the middle of the penalty area but unfortunately the shot went wide.

39 minutes Arsenal had another chance from a corner kick, Gabriel Jesus headed the ball over the bar. The first half ended with Arsenal leading Brighton 1-0.

In the second half, in the 58th minute, Arsenal got a free kick on the right wing. Declan Rice passed it into the penalty area. Miguel Merino charged in, but the ball went wide of the far post.

Brighton then got a penalty when William Saliba https://ufabet999.app brought Joao Pedro down in the box, before he got up and converted the penalty himself, helping the Seagulls tie 1-1 in the 61st minute. 

After being tied, Arsenal sped up their attack hoping to score another goal, but the final moment was not decisive enough, resulting in no more goals after 90 minutes. The game ended with Arsenal drawing 1-1 with Brighton, adding to their 40 points from 20 matches, ranking second, 5 points behind leader Liverpool and having played 2 more matches. Brighton has 28 points, ranking 10th on the table.

List of starting players

Brighton: Bart Verbruggen (GK), Joel Feltman, Igor Julio, Jan Paul van Hecke, Pervis Estupinan, Carlos Baleba, Brayan Gruda, Yacine Ayari, Matthew O’Reilly, Simon Adingra, Joao Pedro.

Arsenal: David Raya (GK), Thomas Partey, William Saliba, Gabriel Magalles, Riccardo Calafiori,