{"id":434141,"date":"2025-01-05T09:43:45","date_gmt":"2025-01-05T06:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/?p=434141"},"modified":"2025-01-05T09:43:45","modified_gmt":"2025-01-05T06:43:45","slug":"arsenal-held-at-brighton-while-man-city-bounce-back-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/arsenal-held-at-brighton-while-man-city-bounce-back-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal held at Brighton while Man City bounce-back continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal blew a chance to make up significant ground on Premier League leaders Liverpool with\u00a0a disappointing 1-1 draw at Brighton.<\/p>\n<p>Mikel Arteta\u2019s Arsenal, Premier League runners-up over the past two seasons, travelled to the south coast on Saturday hunting a fourth straight league win.<\/p>\n<p>Seventeen-year-old Ethan Nwaneri, in for the injured Bukayo Saka, put them on course for all three points in the first half.<\/p>\n<p>But Joao Pedro levelled from the penalty spot following a clash of heads between the Brazilian and William Saliba just after the hour mark, prompting a furious reaction from Arteta.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re also very disappointed with the penalty and the way it was given,\u201d Arteta said. \u201cI\u2019ve never seen that in my life, and Saliba touches the ball, so it\u2019s never a penalty for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3423060\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3423060\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-3423060\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025-01-04T185242Z_194936164_UP1EL141GFRAU_RTRMADP_3_SOCCER-ENGLAND-BHA-ARS-REPORT-1736016997.jpg?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C496&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"Soccer Football - Premier League - Brighton &amp; Hove Albion v Arsenal - The American Express Community Stadium, Brighton, Britain - January 4, 2025 Arsenal's William Saliba fouls Brighton &amp; Hove Albion's Joao Pedro to concede a penalty REUTERS\/Dylan Martinez EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO USE WITH UNAUTHORIZED AUDIO, VIDEO, DATA, FIXTURE LISTS, CLUB\/LEAGUE LOGOS OR 'LIVE' SERVICES. ONLINE IN-MATCH USE LIMITED TO 120 IMAGES, NO VIDEO EMULATION. NO USE IN BETTING, GAMES OR SINGLE CLUB\/LEAGUE\/PLAYER PUBLICATIONS. PLEASE CONTACT YOUR ACCOUNT REPRESENTATIVE FOR FURTHER DETAILS..\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3423060\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arsenal\u2019s William Saliba fouls Brighton &amp; Hove Albion\u2019s Joao Pedro to concede a penalty [Dylan Martinez\/Reuters]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The 1-1 draw means the second-placed Gunners are five points behind Liverpool, having played two games more, with Arne Slot\u2019s in-form leaders hosting crisis-hit Manchester United on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Source: AJ<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal blew a chance to make up significant ground on Premier League leaders Liverpool with\u00a0a disappointing 1-1 draw at Brighton. Mikel Arteta\u2019s Arsenal, Premier League runners-up over the past two seasons, travelled to the south coast on Saturday hunting a fourth straight league win. Seventeen-year-old Ethan Nwaneri, in for the injured Bukayo Saka, put them [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":434142,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-434141","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434141"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":434143,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434141\/revisions\/434143"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}