“Of course it was disappointing but we have to keep on going. The players are low on confidence, I think you can see that. We had a good reaction at the start of the second half but we need to start games likes that. That’s the biggest disappointment I have ... We’re in a difficult situation, we’ve lost a lot of games and confidence has gone down. You could see that at the start, with low energy... A lot of things to think about.”

Asked whether players are aware of their responsibility for improving performances, he replies: “Players do as good as they can. They are a bit low on confidence.”

“Absolutely delighted. It’s a wonderful feeling. We had three tough games with no pints so it’s nice to bounce back at a place like this. I thought we did really well in the first half ... pressed well and defended well, kept the ball when we had to and tried to create things. Then there was a response [from Arsenal] and we had to dig in... It gives us a lot of belief.”

“I thought Aaron Mooy was fantastic all game. He was so unselfish with his play and then added that little bit of quality at the end [the cross for Maupay’s decisive goal]. All the player were amazing, real courage and real bravery on the ball.”

Lewis Dunk: “We made it tough for ourselves after the first half in which ew were excellent ... but we showed great character to come back and win the game.”

Maupay: “Lewis said before the game we can’t say ‘we played well but didn’t get the win’. We needed to win today.”

Dunk: “We were expecting a reaction. [Arsenal] showed at the start of the second half what a side they cane be. We had to grind out the win.”

Nick Ames was at the Emirates. I haven’t had a chance to read his report yet but the Probability Indicator says there’s a 99% chance it’s terrific. Have a gander here:

Lee Dixon, referring to how easily Brighton found space all over the pitch, but especially in midfield: “It’s fine to make mistakes, but if you keep making the same mistakes .... There are players out there doing exactly the same thing now that they were doing at the end of last season. The players have got to take responsibility.”

Alan Pardew, speaking on Amazon, has it right. “Brighton totally deserved it .... it all came down to basics. If you don’t have pressure on the ball you look disjointed and that was Arsenal. Brighton did all the basics right.”

“Only just noticed that Aaron Mooy looks like a young Freddie Ljungberg,” parps Jim Greenan. “This is becoming a Stephen King novel.”

Arsenal extend their winless run to nine matches, as Brighton make off with an impressive victory. Graham Potter’s team dominated the first half and went in at the break with a lead thanks to Adam Webster. Freddie Ljungberg inspired an improvement from Arsenal in the second half and they deservedly equalised through Alexander Lacazette. But that was as good as it got for the generally ragged hosts, who fell to an excellent late winning goal by Neal Maupay. Brighton were the better, more accomplished side overall and deserve their win.

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90+3 min: Trossard pounces on a mistake by Xhaka and dodges his way towards the Arsenal box. He cuts back on to his left foot and then blems a shot over the bar. That would have sealed it!

90+1 min: There will be at least three more minutes of stoppage time. Our makeshift Probability Indicator - mad from some staples and chewing gum - puts Brighton’s chances of victory at 96.7%.

90 min: Pépé curls a low freekick around the wall and wide of the far post. It must have taken a slight nick of the wall, actually, because a corner has been awarded. Nowt comes of it.

89 min: Freekick to Arsenal about 20 yards out, a little to the right of the D, after Trossard needlessly fouls Pépé... will he be made to regret that?

Brighton substitution: Duffy on, Alzate off. That’s a pretty strong declaration of intent.

86 min: Tierney’s provides a wonderful cross from the left. Martinelli meets it with a very good header towards the bottom corner, but Ryan manages sto pushes it behind for a corner. That was almost a convincing cover version of Brighton’s second goal.

84 min: Bellerin scampers down the right and sends a token cross into the box. Easy pickings for Ryan.

82 min: Pépé forces Ryan into a moderate save with a reasonable effort from the right.

80 min: That really was an exquisitely crafted goal. Mooy outfoxed Bellerin on the left by shifting niftily on to his right foot to deliver an ideal cross. And then Maupay, having found space with some deft movement away from Arsenal’s defenders, glanced a header into the corner beyond the reach of Leno. All very accomplished, in the image of their overall performance here.

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A superbly directed header from 10 yards after a lovely cross from the left by Mooy!

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Brighton substitution: Trossard on, Gross off.

79 min: Mooy finds Maupay with a canny disguised pass. David Luiz makes an important block.

Arsenal substitution: Martinelli on, Lacazette off.

76 min:Delightful play by Propper and Alzate to work the latter into a prime crossing position. But then Alzate tries one trick too many and confuses himself, allowing the ball to dribble out of play.

Brighton substitution: Montoya on, Connolly off. That suggest a change of tack from Potter.

74 min: This match is in the balance. Arsenal are looking the more sprightly but Brighton still have the ability to create chances. There’s no telling how this is going to play out. Anyone know where a man could get a good Probability Indicator?

Arsenal substitution: Tierney on, Kolasinac off. I believe that change was already in the pipeline before Koalsinac got that knock - he doesn’t appear to be seriously injured.

71 min: Another burst forward by Kolasinac ends with him being caught late by Alzate, who’s lucky to avoid a booking.

69 min: Lacazette retrieves a hopeful pass chucked into the channel by Sokratis. He looks up and presents the ball to Ozil about 25 yards out. Ozil goes for the first time shot but doesn’t catch it properly.

68 min: David Luiz booked for taking out Connolly to abort a counter-attack.

67 min: Dunk goofs mid-way inside the Arsenal half and has the ball ripped off him. Pépé hurtles forward and then nips a nice ball through to Aubameyang, whose shot on the run is deflected out for a corner.

64 min: The goal is ruled out, correctly.

63 min: GOAL? Ozil floats in a freekick from the right and David Luiz is free to sidefoot a volley in from 15 yards! But he was a couple of yards offside so expect VAR to overrule it .... eventually.

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62 min: Lovey dainty cross from the right by Alzate after a flowing move. Mooy leaps above Bellerin to get a good downward header in from eight yards. Leno pushes it out for a corner!

61 min: Brighton take the corner short, then Xhaka clears Mooy’s cross. Gross cops a booking for deliberately handling the ball to curtail a counter-attack.

60 min: Gross cruises through midfield and slips in Mooy, whose shot from the edge of the area cannons off a defender and goes out for a corner.

58 min: Torreira seems to have injured himself whilst fouling Connolly.

58 min: Kolasinac is getting stuck into Brighton like they’re a pair of knife-wielding car-jackers. Aubameyang narrowly fails to get a touch to his latest cross from the left.

55 min: Superb work by Bellerin down the right, followed by a cracking cross. Webster gets enough of a touch on it ti deviate it away from Aubameyang, who would have had a tap-in.

54 min: Ljungberg evidently located Arsenal’s mojo at half-time because they’ve come out with fresh intensity in this half and have already posed Brighton more problems than they did in the whole of the first period.

52 min: Brighton’s counter-attack. Connolly has Mooy coming in offering support on the left but he doesn’t see him and goes for goal himself. His shot from the edge of the box goes wide off a defender.

Ozil’s corner is flicked on at the heat post by Lacazette and it goes in off the far post. Kolasinac jumped but didn’t need to it help it over the line, which is just as well, as he may have been offside.

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50 min: Pépé supplies the overlapping Bellerin, whose cross is deflected out for a corner.

49 min: Strong run by Pépé down the right - he’s made a positive impact so far, adding much-needed thrust and urgency to Arsenal’s attack. But his concluding pass this time falls short of Ozil.

47 min:Pépé’s first contribution is a dinky exchange with Ozil, which enables him to win a corner. Ozil’s delivery is cleared by Burn.

Arsenal substitution: Pépé on, Willock off. According to Clive Tyldsley, the new comers “has just gone through the most languid warm-up I have ever seen.”

“I was listening to one of those learned podcasts we’re always being encouraged to improve ourselves with, and it turns out that Hope hasn’t always had a good press among the philosophers,” lectures Charles Antaki. “Apparently there’s some feeling that Zeus arranged that it should remain in Pandora’s box of vices precisely because it was the most pernicious of the lot. Nietzsche didn’t think much of it either. And now legions of Arsenal fans.” Don’t fret, Charles: Pepe is about to come on ....

“Booooooooo!” is the familiar verdict from home fans. Their team have been disjointed and slow, the total opposite of Brighton, who have had the majority of possession and been clever and constructive with it. They know what they’re doing, whereas Arsenal have got nothing but spasmodic bluster and glimpses of talent. The Probability Indicator say Brighton are cruising to victory here, Ljungberg isn’t getting this job full-time and the New Manager will have his work cut out.

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45 min: Sokratis booked for sliding into to the back of Connolly’s legs near the corner flag.

44 min: Aubameyang sends over another useful cross from the right. It comes to Lacazette, who goes down under a light challenge by Webster. No penalty, reckons the referee. At first look that seems right.

41 min: Connolly collects a nice pass from Mooy but is too slow to feed Maupay. Otherwise Brighton would have surely been in for goal number two.

40 min: Aubameyang leaves Burn for dead down the right and then measures out a fine cross. Lacazette meets it with a header seven yards out ... and Ryan makes an excellent save! Much better from Arsenal!

39 min: Brighton stream forward anew, and Arsenal are lucky that the final ball towards Connolly is overhit. “The Arsenal back line simply retreats and retreats,” notes Mary Waltz. “Don’t they know how to challenge a onrushing attacker?” In fairness to them, they are getting zero protection from midfield - Brighton are free to run at them in numbers.

37 min: The sound you can hear is either Arsenal fans whingeing or the Amazon Probability Indicator smashing into a million useless pieces on the ground after being chucked out of a window with righteous vigour ....

That’s been coming! Brun nods a corner to the edge of the six-yad box, where Connolly took it down and tried to shoot on the swivel. It as taken off his foot by a defender but fell to Webster, who swept it into the net from eight yards!

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35 min: David Luiz, spooked by Connolly’s ferocious pressing, donks the ball straight out of play for a Brighton throw-in, then throws his hands up at the lack of options provided by teammates. Arsenal fans’ grumbling is growing louder ...

34 min: Propper canters through midfield and has a pop from 20 yards. Leno makes another save. Arsenal are increasingly nervous and ragged, other than their goalkeeper.

33 min: Maupay lets fly from 25 yards after a quickly taken Brighton freekick. While Arsenal’s defenders dozed, Leno was alert enough to dive to his left and push the ball away.