Three things we learned from Arsenal win as Martin Odegaard back to his best but worrying pattern raises concern Brighton at home has often been a fixture for Arsenal to trip up in over recent seasons, but not this time.

Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler spoke to BBC Match of the Day after his side's defeat by Arsenal: "We proved in the second half [we could do better]. I think the games when we play are never done, we proved it this season so far that we can always compete.

The Premier League is at the stage where those chasing the title trade wins blow for blow, and Arsenal continued their battle with Manchester City by matching their three points earlier in the day — albeit with a nervy finish at the Emirates against Brighton.

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Arsenal defensive crisis deepens after Riccardo Calafiori injured in warm-up for Brighton clash Arsenal have been handed a fresh injury blow after Riccardo Calafiori was injured in the warm-up before their Premier League clash with Brighton.

The league leaders are still without Ben White and Cristhian Mosquera but Gabriel came on to make his first appearance since November.

The Gunners guaranteed top spot at Christmas with their hard-fought victory over Everton and currently hold a two-point lead over their nearest challengers Manchester City. With Pep Guardiola’s men in exceptional form and Aston Villa firmly in the title picture, complacency can’t be accepted against Brighton.

Manchester City threw down the gauntlet for the second successive weekend and Arsenal proved undaunted as they kicked off their festive fixtures with a narrow 2-1 defeat of Brighton & Hove Albion to stay as Premier League leaders on Saturday.

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Jurrien Timber and Riccardo Calafiori are both early injury doubts for Arsenal ’s Premier League match against Aston Villa on Tuesday night. Timber suffered an injury during Arsenal’s victory over Crystal Palace in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday night and failed to make the matchday squad for the 2-1 win at home to Brighton on Saturday.

Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard's first club goal of the season helped his side beat Brighton and Hove Albion 2-1 at home on Saturday to return to the top of the Premier League table.