Arsenal’s winning machine suffered a rare malfunction as defending champion Mikel Arteta suffered a 3-0 defeat to in-form Brighton this afternoon.
Arsenal went into the game having registered six wins in six games in all competitions to start the season, but were a distant second on the south coast as Brighton completed a fantastic week with another impressive display.
Pascal Gross was again at the heart of the Seagulls’ best moment, opening the scoring with a shot that deflected David Raya at his near post in the 31st minute.
It was 2-0 at the end of the first half as Charalambos Kostoulas fired in from 25 yards after a quick counter-attack from the home side.
Arsenal continued to look at things at sea and it was no surprise when Chema Andres scored his first Premier League start with a third goal, heading in Gross’s cross.
The defeat caused Arsenal to fall to second place behind Manchester CityWho will play tomorrow with Sunderland.
Arsenal’s neighbor Tottenham also loses
It was a miserable afternoon for the north London clubs as Tottenham also lost 3-2 at home to Aston Villa.
Johan Manzami went ahead just before half-time to give Villa, who had their first win, the lead.
Tottenham thought they had equalized in the second half, but Mohamed Quddus’ goal was disallowed due to Andy Robertson being offside.
It was brutal but Villa showed no mercy as Nicholas Jackson and Emi Buendia scored to extend the visitors’ lead.
Conor Gallagher scored Tottenham’s first league goal of the season four minutes from time, and there was still time for Jan-Paul van Hecke to add a second, but it was little consolation.
Promoted teams Hull and Ipswich were defeated
Hull’s unbeaten start ended after they failed to come back from a nightmare seven-minute start at Newcastle.
The home side, beaten by Leeds on Monday evening, bounced back with early goals from Joe Willock and Lewis Hall to put them ahead.
They could have scored a third but Yoani Wesa had his penalty saved by Hull goalkeeper Konstantinos Tzoulakis on the stroke of half-time after Jacob Murphy went down easily under a Sorba Thomas challenge.
Muhammad Ali Chow’s brilliant goal got Hull back into the game, but despite intense pressure in the final minutes, the Tigers were unable to find an equaliser.
Everton moved up to fifth with a hard-fought 1-0 win over 10-man Ipswich at Hill Dickinson.
Thirno Barry’s 11th-minute goal put the Toffees ahead and their position was strengthened when Abdul Fatawu was sent off midway through the second half for a second yellow card after going down theatrically under minimal contact from James Garner.
The Tractor Boys still carried plenty of threat in attack and England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford had to make good saves to deny Emerson, Julio Enciso and Abdel Ouattara.
English Premier League results today
Tottenham 2-3 Aston Villa
Brighton 3-0 Arsenal
Everton 1-0 Ipswich
Newcastle 2-1 Hull
