Arsenal player ratings: Leno a rare highlight but David Luiz and Willock worst of a bad bunch in Brighton defeat – The Sun

ARSENAL made it an astonishing NINE matches without a win as Brighton earned a 2-1 victory at the Emirates.

Adam Webster put the visitors in front ten minutes before half-time before Alexandre Lacazette drew the Gunners level just after the break.

But Neal Maupay glanced a fine header into the far corner to register the Seagulls' first ever win at Arsenal.

Here's how SunSport's Rob Maul rated Freddie Ljungberg's men…

Bernd Leno – 7

Arsenal’s best player but only because he prevented it from being a far worse mess than it was defensively.

This was the 11th match in a row in which Arsenal have failed to keep a clean sheet. And though he made some decent saves, the German was let down by his dodgy defence.

Hector Bellerin – 5

Sloppy from the Spaniard at times, particularly as he failed to keep track of the Brighton nuisance Aaron Connolly.

Conceded a free-kick against Connolly on 20 minutes on the edge of the penalty area for which he was booked. Regrettably he did not prevent the cross from which Brighton scored the winner.

Sokratis – 5

When Brighton were in the ascendancy, the Greek was stretched and struggled to contain their attack.

Should have marked the Brighton attackers tighter when Adam Webster scored from a 36th-minute corner to put the visitors ahead.

David Luiz – 4

Poor body language from the Brazilian as he argued with his teammates in the first half and complained about a lack of support.

He was slow to react for both Brighton goals and was once again the weak link in the defence.

Thought he had scored in the second half but was clearly offside and VAR correctly ruled out his strike.

Sead Kolasinac – 6

The tough Bosnian ended up in the back of the net as he chased down Lacazette’s header that went in.

Then he had a hefty fall in a meaty challenge from Steven Alzate on 70 minutes and limped off. An injury doubt for the weekend.

Lucas Torreira – 5

Brighton exposed Arsenal in the midfield areas and often Uruguayan Torreira was overrun and unable to respond.

Should have taken really control of the match. But he didn’t. And he couldn’t.

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