Arsecast Extra Episode 713 - 20.09.2026
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What went wrong for Arsenal in the 3‑0 away loss to Brighton?
Hello and welcome to another Arscast Extra, as always with James from GunnarBlock James. Good morning to you. Good morning. A solemn good morning. Good morning.
Take a breath. Feels like it's been, you know. Twenty twenty six has been Certainly of late, full of goodly mornings. Sure.
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can't we can't complain. We've had we had a good run. We had a good run. It's over now. Guess we just pack up and go home. But this, Andrew, this is the dispiriting away defeat. This is where we cut our teeth. This is This is where we honed our craft. Years in the game. This is arguably where we're most comfortable as podcasts.
That is a fair point. Well made, I have to say. We've we've got plenty of experience of this, if not of late, but certainly throughout the uh the tenure of this particular show, we've dealt with this kind of situation more than once, I would say. We're back, Andrew. We are so we've never been so back. Thank you to Mikel Arteta and to Arsenal for playing like twats. You've given us exactly what we wanted after such a long time. Oh Yeah, this was a bad one. It was. Surprisingly bad. It is. That's the thing. It was surprisingly bad. There was a lot that I didn't expect from Arsenal. Because you know, you go into a game away from home, and I think everyone recognizes Brighton away is a very tricky game. It has been a a difficult one for us in the past.
It's a difficult one for for many teams in the Premier League. But you go into it after seven straight wins. The Talk of equaling records that have stood since nineteen oh three or whatever it was. And I think you're right to feel like this is gonna be difficult, but we are well equipped to go and do what we need to do to come away with a result, if not necessarily a win, but certainly you could come back with a point, a point away from home is is not bad. But I did not expect Arsenal to be. as bad as we were yesterday. And I think That's that's what happened. We were bad, they were good, and we just did not cope whatsoever with the way the game played out.
I I think that's all bang on. I w I was texting somebody before sort of chatting back and forth about about the game and I was I was like, yeah, draw's not a bad result here. Draw's not a bad result. You know, I was I was prepared to make that concession. Um but three nil defeat was absolutely not on my Bingo cards. No. Um And and you know, it's as we said, it's been a long time since we've seen Arsenal Heavily beaten like this. Um Whether or not you think it was quite a three nil game You know, I I don't think there can be any doubt that we were second best and and Brighton were good value for the win.
Does that mean you think maybe three nil was a bit flattering to Brighton? For it to be only
three nil. I uh I'm inclined to agree. I mean sort of the the X G gods. Um blah blah blah. I'm just gonna make
I I'm gonna make it indiscriminate I don't mind using X G, but there are certain times when I think X G is just like
Yeah, sure. So I'm making that that's my anti XG noise. Of course Brighton's first two goals were from like naught point naught naught naught naught five XG or something like that. However, when I look at this game I also think about that O'Reilly chance that Ryah makes the save from that really, I mean, it's an absolute golden opportunity. There was a collision in the box that I I never saw a replay of, but that I you know, I've certainly seen penalties given in that kind of situation. Um so yeah, uh it In terms of sort of the score line, I I understand what you're saying and it might have been worse.
Particularly late on. I guess we'll come to that 'cause I the there were some chances sort of late in the In the second half where I think Brighton really could have made this a something of a massacre. Um Another one off a corner, wasn't there? And
Yeah. Um there was a yeah and I I I I suppose when people talk about maybe it could have been closer, they're probably thinking of the chances we missed in the game or chances that we didn't take or didn't really convert into into chances by maximising the the opportunity.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What went wrong for Arsenal in the 3‑0 away loss to Brighton?
0:13–11:59
2
How did Arsenal’s defensive shape and pressing let Brighton create space and time?
11:59–24:03
3
Why didn’t Mikel Arteta make tactical changes at halftime?
24:03–34:46
4
What impact did the substitutions (Timber, Zubimendi, etc.) have on the game?
34:46–45:46
5
How do Jurrien Timber’s and Ben White’s playing styles differ on the right flank?
45:46–56:57
6
Why has Arsenal struggled to score from set‑pieces this season?
56:57–1:09:14
7
Is David Raya’s tendency to concede from outside the box a tactical weakness?
1:09:14–1:20:16
8
What are the key lessons Arsenal should take into the next fixtures?
1:20:16–1:28:58