Arsenal powered through Brighton and sealed their 8th victory of block 5 this season. Some run, you have to say. We retook our status as league leaders; we scored a goal that came in open play from one of our own players. We weathered a small storm of injury and a shaky period where our opposition made tiny inroads on our defense.
We are the best team in the league. Do not forget that as you look in the rearview mirror and have a little bladder judder, you big ol’ coward.
The game followed the typical pattern of an Arsenal outing this year. We lost one big player before the game, Jurrien Timber, taken out of action as a precaution. That was followed by another mini-crisis when Calafiori couldn’t make it out for the actual game he was selected for. Arteta had this concerning comment:
