After two opening triumphs without conceding a goal, Arsenal's players played to a draw with Brighton (1:1) at home today in the 3rd round of the Premier League.
It was the first draw of the season for both teams, and Brighton remained unbeaten against another giant after their triumph over Manchester United in the previous round.
Arsenal had the initiative in the first half, and took the lead in the 38th minute - Dank reacted badly in the duel with Sac, the English representative employed Haverc in time, who beat Verbruggen and scored the second goal in the Premier League.
Brighton did not threaten in the first half, Mitoma had one chance, and the visitors did not shoot on goal in 45 minutes.
Everything changed in the sequel, and Declan Rice is responsible for that, who received a second yellow card in the 49th minute.
With a player higher on the field, the guests threatened, headed for the goal and equalized in the 58th minute - Welbeck got in front of Raja, shot, but his shot was saved by the Arsenal goalkeeper. However, the ball reached Joao Pedro, who passed it into the net.
At the end of the match, both teams had a good chance to score - first Verbrugen stopped Haverc, while on the other side Raja prevented Ajari from scoring.
There was no lack of excitement in the afternoon matches either.
Everton are still on zero, even though they led 2:0 at home against Bournemouth.
Keane and Calvert-Luin scored at the beginning of the second half, and then the visitors made up for everything in the last ten minutes - a turnaround was brought by Semenho, Cook and Sinistera, who put an end to the triumph in the 96th minute.
Aston Villa registered its second triumph in Leicester (2:1, goals from Onana and Duran), and Southampton is also at zero after three rounds after losing to Brentford (3:1).
Draws (1:1) were seen in the duels between Ipswich and Fulham, respectively Nottingham Forest and Wolverhampton.
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