BRIGHTON CLIFF NOTES - RED CARD PAIN

THOUGHTS AS THE GAME PROGRESSED

Cliff notes on the Brighton game. Full match report out tomorrow.

Starting 11s:

FIRST HALF

Bench looking painfully light—gonna take a while to get used to two important teenagers getting regular appearances there. Four teenagers is a one-off.

Bukayo Saka gets one-on-one three times in the opening 10 minutes.

Brighton’s game plan does not appear to be going to plan—their pressing game is out of whack. The 31-year-old head coach, Fabian Hürzeler, might have underestimated Arsenal.

Minteh gets in at the back post with a header Timber seems not to jump for—not a big deal, but a warning that Brighton are no mugs.

James Milner, who is about 58 years old, drops to the ground—tactical, so they can have a team talk? Maybe not. He comes off for Yasin Ayari.

Ben White puts on a sexy switch. Trossard hugs the touchline and pings a ball to an unmarked Ødegaard, who hits it right at the keeper.