of Arsenal The winning machine suffered a rare malfunction as did Mikel Arteta’s defenders thrashed 3-0 against in-form Brighton this afternoon.
The Gunners came into the contest having recorded six wins from six games in all competitions to start the season, but were a distant second best on the south coast as Brighton rounded off a brilliant week with another superb display.
Pascal Gross was once again at the heart of the Seagulls’ best moments, opening the scoring with a shot that deflected past David Raya at his near post in the 31st minute.
It was 2-0 at half-time with Charalampos Kostoulas firing home from 25 yards after a quick home counter-attack.
Arsenal continued to look out to sea and it was no surprise when Chema Andrés marked his first Premier League start with a third, heading in a Gross cross.
The defeat saw Arsenal drop to second place behind Manchester Citywho play Sunderland tomorrow.
Arsenal’s neighbors Tottenham also lose
It was a miserable afternoon for the north London clubs with Tottenham also losing, 3-2 at home to Aston Villa.
Johan Manzambi came on just before the break to give Villa the lead, for whom it was a first win.
Spurs thought they had leveled in the second half but Mohammed Kudus’ effort was ruled out for offside against Andy Robertson.
It was cruel but Villa showed no mercy with Nicolas Jackson and Emi Buendia scoring to increase the visitors’ lead.
Conor Gallagher scored Tottenham’s first league goal of the season with four minutes remaining, and there was still time for Jan Paul van Hecke to add a second, but it was little consolation.
Promoted sides Hull and Ipswich defeated both
Hull’s unbeaten start is over after they failed to come back from a nightmare opening seven minutes at Newcastle.
The hosts, who were thrashed at Leeds on Monday night, bounced back with early goals from Joe Willock and Lewis Hall putting them in command.
They could have had a third but Yoane Wissa saw his shot saved on the stroke of half-time by Hull goalkeeper Konstantinos Tzolakis after Jacob Murphy fell easily under Sorba Thomas’ challenge.
Mohamed-Ali Cho’s fine finish brought Hull back into the game but, despite heavy late pressure, the Tigers could not find an equaliser.
Everton moved up to fifth with a hard-fought 1-0 win over 10-man Ipswich at Hill Dickinson.
Thierno Barry’s 11th-minute goal put the Toffees in front and their position was strengthened when Abdul Fatawu was sent off at half-time for a second yellow card after dramatically going down with minimal contact from James Garner.
The Tractor Boys still carried plenty of threats up front and England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford had to make good saves to deny Emersonn, Julio Enciso and Abdoul Ouattara.
Premier League results today
Everton 1-0 Ipswich
Newcastle 2-1 Hull
