But Arteta was the first to admit his side were not at the races against Graham Potter’s men.
“The first half, it was really poor again,” reflected Arteta in his post-game press conference.
“The reaction that we wanted to show and everything that we talked about, we didn’t make it happen on the pitch.
“We were sloppy on the ball, we were second best in a lot of situations, we didn’t show any purpose or build any momentum in the game or play with the right speed to transform the game that Brighton proposed today.
“The first chance that they had, the only chance that they had, they scored the goal and then we created a cold atmosphere, an atmosphere we weren’t comfortable with and when we tried to change it was too late. It was great not to give up but it was too late.”
