Brighton's streak of 32 Premier League games in which they scored at least a goal was ended at the Emirates.
The guests could somehow shake Arsenal's net, but not avoid defeat because the home team was dominant - they won 2:0, in addition to two goals, they had seven or eight great chances that Bart Verbruggen stopped in every way.
In the end, it will be remembered that he was checked by Gabriel Jesus in the 53rd and Kai Havertz in the 89th.
Gabriel Martinelli, Bukajo Saka and Martin Edegor every now and then had a good chance to score, the "seagulls" kept 0:0 for a long time, but at the beginning of the second half they succumbed when Jesus sent the ball unhindered into the net after a corner from the second post.
The dominance of Mikel Arteta's team continued even after the lead, and finally Brighton had to accept defeat in the finish after the counterattack opened by Leandro Trosar and Edegor, and Havertz scored after an assist from Edi Nketija.
"I enjoyed the way we played, even though the result was negative for us for a long time. We had 15 shots and a lot of chances in the first half, but we just weren't calm or accurate when we needed to be," Arteta said.
In the finish at 1:0, Brighton had the only real chance.
"It's the Premier League. We see similar situations in every game - 1:0 is often not enough," added Arteta.
Aston Villa continued with excellent results, this time they celebrated away from home against Brentford.
It was 2:1 after the reversal with the player more, and Alex Moreno and Oli Watkins brought her the triumph.
This is the Lions' 25th win in 2023, which is the club's best performance in history.
Villa won as many as 81 points this calendar year, only Manchester City has more.
The dilemma did not exist in the duel between West Ham and Wolverhampton - the Hammers won 3:0 with two goals from Mohamed Kudus and one from Jerrod Bowen, and three assists from Lukas Paketa.
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