Arteta ‘concerned’ after ‘sloppy and imprecise’ Arsenal showing

Mikel Arteta admitted that he is “concerned” following Arsenal’s defeat against Brighton & Hove Albion at the Emirates.

Enock Mwepu was a major thorn in Arsenal’s side on Saturday afternoon. He set up Leandro Trossard for Brighton’s first goal before he scored one of his own in the second half.

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Gabriel Martinelli netted before the interval but this was ruled out by VAR. Martin Odegaard scored a consolation for the Gunners late on but they were beaten 2-1.

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Arsenal have now lost three of their last four games in the Premier League. They are level on points with fourth-placed Tottenham after 30 games.

Spurs can move ahead of Arsenal points-wise if they pick up a positive result against Aston Villa on Saturday.

Arteta said after the Brighton loss that Arsenal “made it really difficult” for themselves:

“It has been a tough week; especially today because we wanted a reaction [to the defeat at Crystal Palace]. It came in the second half, which is too late. But we have to have the courage and personality to play much better and raise the level in the first half,” Arteta told BBC Sport.

“We made it really difficult for ourselves. We were sloppy, we had no purpose to attack, we were really imprecise and we didn’t want to play forward.

“We’ve shown for many weeks how well we can play; it has been a difficult week and we’ve lost some