Arsenal vs Brighton & Hove Albion LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Follow live coverage as Arsenal face Brighton & Hove Albion in the Premier League today.
Manchester City are reigning champions after beating Liverpool to the finish line in a neck-and-neck 2021/22 title race where a comeback win on the final day of the season against Aston Villa secured a fourth title in five years for Pep Guardiola's side.
Jurgen Klopp's Reds were on course for a quadruple last season but were forced to settle for just an FA Cup and Carabao Cup win and will return trying to win the title again just as they did in 2020.
It was a dramatic season for Chelsea a year ago with Roman Abramovich now replaced by Todd Boehly as owner in west London. He will want an instant return on his hefty investment at Stamford Bridge while Tottenham, back in the Champions League, will want to kick on once more too.
It's not all about the action at the top though with Fulham, Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest promoted to the top tier for 2021/22 and hoping to hold their own against the best English football has to offer and avoid the drop.
We will bring you all the action and updates from today's game in the live blog below:
Arsenal vs Brighton & Hove Albion
While Arsenal have scored at least three times in all of their last six Premier League home matches, Brighton’s 27 top-flight games under De Zerbi have yielded 92 goals. Somehow, though, neither side has found the net so far today - surely that will change after the interval?
Arsenal vs Brighton & Hove Albion
An often scrappy and disjointed first half largely dominated by Brighton ends goalless, although Arsenal finally shook off their slumbers in its final 10 minutes to truly test their visitors for the first time. Indeed, the Gunners have had more chances to score, but Odegaard's shooting has been unusually wayward and Jesus has failed to impose himself on the Brighton back four. The points' destiny remain in the balance at the break.
Arsenal vs Brighton & Hove Albion
After struggling to get a foothold for most of the first half, Arsenal are approaching the half-time whistle totally on top. Brighton are forced back for the first time.
Arsenal vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Tierney tries to release Trossard down the left with a quick throw-in, and though the door is then shut on the substitute, Odegaard recovers the ball and drags a low shot off-target from the brink of Brighton's box.
Arsenal vs Brighton & Hove Albion
CLOSE! In the first of at least five minutes of stoppage time, Gabriel wins a header at the back post following an Arsenal corner, then the ball breaks to Saka on the edge of the box, but his strike zips wide of the right-hand post by just a few inches!
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