Arsenal vs Brighton LIVE SCORE: Gabriel Jesus heads Gunners into the lead against Seagulls – Premier League updates | The Sun

ARSENAL are up against Brighton today in the Premier League – and they're finally ahead.

The Gunners have been knocking on the door for much of the game and finally found a breakthrough thanks to Gabriel Jesus' header in the second half.

  • Kick-off time: 2pm GMT
  • Stream/TV: Not televised in UK
  • Arsenal XI: Raya; White, Saliba, Gabriel, Zinchenko; Rice, Odegaard, Havertz; Saka, Jesus, Martinelli
  • Brighton XI: Verbruggen, Dunk, Milner, Gilmour, Gross, Lallana, Mitoma, Adingra, Ferguson, Van Hecke, Veltman

Follow all the action with our live blog below…

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    78 Arsenal 1-0 Brighton

    Substitution

    Brighton boss De Zerbi makes his final change with Welbeck coming on for Adingra.

    The ex-Arsenal ace will play next to Pedro as the Seagulls are going for it.

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    76 Arsenal 1-0 Brighton

    Yellow card

    Brighton ace Gilmour gets booked for going hard on Jesus with both legs in midfield.

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    75 Arsenal 1-0 Brighton

    Chance

    Another opportunity by Arsenal with Havertz registering a header from close range but the ball goes over the crossbar.

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    74 Arsenal 1-0 Brighton

    What a chance!

    Arsenal break out in a stunning counter-attack with Martinelli dribbling past both Van Hecke as well as Dunk, whom he nutmegged.

    Odegaard gets the ball, breaks inside the area and tries a powerful shot that Verbruggen denies as he lunges with his right hand.

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    72 Arsenal 1-0 Brighton

    Brighton break out on a beautiful and rare counter-attack thanks to a stunning ball by Dunk who finds Mitoma down the left.

    The winger breaks inside the area but goes down while under pressure by White.

    However, it doesn't look like a penalty as the Japan international went down a little too easy…

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    70 Arsenal 1-0 Brighton

    Arsenal continue to push for a second to seal an important Premier League win that could see them topping the table by the end of the day.

    Brighton have been very toothless with only one effort to show, which doesn't count as they were offside in the build-up.

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    69 Arsenal 1-0 Brighton

    What a chance!

    Absolutely superb by Brighton captain Dunk, who gets back up after a nasty hit and saves his team from a second goal.

    Martinelli whips in a corner-kick from the left and White gets a back header on the near post.

    The ball heads towards Verbuggen's net on the far post but Dunk gets there and heads it away from the goal line!

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    68 Arsenal 1-0 Brighton

    Arsenal captain Odegaard delivers a powerful shot from the edge of the box but it's blocked by Dunk.

    But the Brighton captain needs some time as the ball hit him in the weakest spot…

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    66 Arsenal 1-0 Brighton

    Arsenal ace Saliba catches Buonanotte's ankle with his studs immediately after losing the ball.

    The Brighton ace is in pain but thankfully gets back up, nothing from the referee or VAR.

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    65 Arsenal 1-0 Brighton

    Chance

    And Arsenal register another chance with Saka hitting Verbruggen's side netting

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    64 Arsenal 1-0 Brighton

    Chance

    Brighton finally register a chance after over an hour with Hinshelwood meeting a cross from the left by Gross and getting a header that goes straight to Raya's hands.

    However, even if they youngster had scored it wouldn't count as Gross was offside.

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    63 Arsenal 1-0 Brighton

    Brighton are slowly winning some ground after Arsenal's opener with Jesus.

    The Gunners will have to be extra careful with the Seagulls now shaking things up with their triple change.

    Credit: AFP
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    60 Arsenal 1-0 Brighton

    Substitution

    Brighton boss De Zerbi makes a triple change with Pedro, Buonanotte and Igor coming on for Lallana, Milner and Ferguson.

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    58 Arsenal 1-0 Brighton

    Brighton are trying to slow things down and regain their composure.

    But remember, in every game Jesus scores an opener Arsenal never lose!

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    55 Arsenal 1-0 Brighton

    Chance!

    Arsenal are pushing for a second with Odegaard trying a low shot that just misses Verbruggen's bottom right corner!

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    53 Arsenal 1-0 Brighton

    Brighton ultimately pay their mistakes at the back as well as their insistence to play out the back against Arsenal's high pressure.

    Saka delivers a curling corner from the right, the so far amazing Van Hecke heads the ball backwards from the near post.

    That finds Jesus completely unmarked in the far post from where he gets the header and hits the back of the net!

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    53 Arsenal 1-0 Brighton

    Goal!

    Jesus finally opens the scoring for Arsenal!!!

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    52 Arsenal 0-0 Brighton

    Brighton insist on playing out the back despite struggling to get the ball out of the box.

    That has led to two mistakes, the first one saw Verbruggen ultimately geting to the ball and just now Odegaard was denied from close range by one of the defenders,

    Arsenal get a corner-kick after the Seagulls' carelessness…

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    50 Arsenal 0-0 Brighton

    Brighton ace Van Hecke is having a very good game so far.

    Very composed performance by the centre-back on a day that sees both makeshift full-back i Milner and Hinshelwood struggling in the wings.

    That sees Martinelli as well as Saka becoming very dangerous with their runs and low crosses, but Van Hecke as well as captain Dunk are standing very strong.

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    48 Arsenal 0-0 Brighton

    Arsenal are applying high pressure like they did at the start of the first half.

    Brighton appear even more nervous as they started things out by giving the ball away in defence before Verbruggen got to the ball to end a dangerous Gunners attack.

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    46 Arsenal 0-0 Brighton

    No changes as we get back underway in the second half at the Emirates.

    Reminding you all that Brighton lost Veltman to an injury and replaced him with Hinshelwood.

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    Arsenal 0-0 Brighton

    Peep!

    Off we go again in London!!!

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    Arsenal vs Brighton stats

    Arsenal dominated 58 per cent of possession against Brighton at the Emirates.

    The Gunners registered a total of 15 shots, but only three of them were on target.

    The Seagulls, on the other hand, didn't manage a single shot in the first half.

    More below:

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    HT: Arsenal 0-0 Brighton

    Arsenal and Brighton are goalless after a rather nervy first half at the Emirates.

    The Gunners registered a total of 15 attempts, whereas the Seagulls didn't produce a single shot.

    However, none of the North Londoners' efforts caused particular concern to the visitors.

    Brighton were also unlucky as they saw their injury list grow with Joel Veltman limping off with a knee injury.

    Credit: Getty
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    HT: Arsenal 0-0 Brighton

    Peep!

    That's half-time in London!!!

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