Win Premier League: Brighton & Hove Albion 2 - 4 Arsenal | Saturday 31st, December | KO: 17:30 GMT | Sky Sports

Must win game.

Let's be honest, they're a far better side than West Ham. Tactically, they're one of the best team in league. They contract the space on pitch and force you to play on their terms and look to impose their game on you. But we're a much different team to the side that lost to them at the tail end of last season tbf.

Prediction

Brighton 0-1 Arsenal

 

[Tom Mix]

We are the champions eleeeccttt.

 

[Sniper Mik]

so 12 goals in the last 12 starts for Eddie?

No that stat was only at the Emirates

 

[Vinci]

so 12 goals in the last 12 starts for Eddie?

Was 11 from 11 at the Emirates I believe.

 

[bergholt]

Love the way Partey kills that Brighton move inside their box, then wanders up the pitch and puts in the key pass to put Nelli in at the other end - colossus

 

[Sapient Hawk]

EdDiE OnLy SCoREs TaP iNs

(I am aware that was a tap in, that's the point)

At this stage, I doubt any of us here care if he scores with his pelvic bone. A goal, by any means, is always welcome

 

[GDeep™]

Eddie doing the business

 

[rockofcashel]

15 mins to lock this down,then wholesale subs.. Partey, Xhaka, Saka, Martinelli.. get em off

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

No mess around please. Be pros

 

[DanDare]

Eddie doing the business

Jesus could never

 

[GoonerJeeves]

That ought to be it

 

[Taylor Gang Gunners]

You can only beat what’s in front of you, but Brighton are missing two very key players in Mac Allister and Caciedo.

Still, the professionalism is fantastic. Just ticking boxes every week.

 

[SA Gunner]

Focus boys, focus.

We need to not give them a sniff while their blood is rushing to their heads.

 

[MartiSaka]

Nketiah fox in the box

 

[Mrs Bergkamp]

We've sat back a bit. I think we need to push on so that they sit back fearing a real drubbing

 

[Wounded Healer]

We will need this confidence. Next games are not going to be as easy.

 

[MartiSaka]

So much room there again

 

[Tir Na Nog]

I told yous I wasn't worried about this one at all. Different animal.

 

[Game Over]

We have had some quality teams during the Emirates era (2008, 2015) with superb attacking play and some very good defenders (at least individually)

But @SA Gunner is right, this is our best all round team since 2004/2005....just has a bit of everything, tbh.

Mainly down to Partey and Xhaka, brilliant off the ball...and the sheer physicality that Saliba and Gabriel offers us... the potential of this squad is tremendous.

Love my football team

Can’t discount the improvement from Arteta too. Been a fairly big critic of his the past two years, but he’s found a winning formula this season. None of those frustrating ‘galaxy brain’ tinkers this season either.

 

[MutableEarth]

@Nacho is killing me today

 

[El Duderino]

A lot of people were questioning whether we’d bounce back from that one but for some reason I think this would be even more demoralising as there’s silverware on the table.

07/08 that group of players weren’t the same after missing out on the title, it’s hard to tell but I think it would be hard to regroup if we capitulateit doesn’t happen but that’s where Arteta will show his worth if that happens.

That group had to rely on Gallas tho. The leg break and Brum game were too much.

We also hadn't won the FA cup and the pressure was a bit bigger insofar as what was expected of us.

This team should have qualified for the CL given the table and where we were.

No one actually fully believes we can win the title, we're all just really hopeful but jaded from Arsenal luck.