Bruno Guimarães painted a grim picture of Arsenal’s locker room in the aftermath of Saturday’s dismal 3–0 defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion, revealing that “everyone was complaining” about an “unacceptable” performance on the south coast.
The Gunners were second best from the 18th second of the match, according to Mikel Arteta’s scathing assessment of the club’s first loss this season. Arsenal had already lost the first header of the match, with Diego Gómez out-jumping Christos Tzolis, by the time Riccardo Calafiori tossed a throw-in to Guimarães. The unusually ponderous Brazilian was encircled by two hosts, rolled an under-hit pass to his compatriot Gabriel, whose clearance was gobbled up by a swarm of blue.
