Brighton humbling 'a big lesson' for Arsenal - Arteta

SinCity Press – Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta labelled the side’s defeat to Brighton a “big lesson” after a performance that left him “extremely disappointed” and far from the standards he demands. Arteta said he was "extremely disappointed" as his side were "very far" from doing the basics he expected, with uncertainty in defence, a lack of midfield power and deficiency of attacking creativity. Asked why they were beneath par, the Spaniard added: "Well, the archetypal 1 due to the fact that Brighton they were truly good, and they had different bite, and at the times it was better." He continued: "There are a batch of moments erstwhile the shot is 50-50 and it changes hands and almost of the clip it was for them." Arteta also noted: "Sometimes determination were immoderate method errors precise overmuch progressive that opened america up successful a truly hard way, but that's thing to learn." He was speedy to punctual the media in his quality league after the crippled that it was inactive a bully commencement to the season. The Gunners had 15 players at the World Cup, meaning a large portion of the squad rejoined for pre‑season earlier than the rest of their teammates. "That's not going to instrumentality distant what the squad has done and the boys have done successful the past six or seven weeks since coming backmost from the World Cup," added Arteta. "What we've done and the mode we've competed and the magnitude of games we've won has been remarkable, but this is simply a large acquisition for each of us to recognise what it takes to triumph at this level."