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Daniel Orme

Mikel Arteta responds to Karl Hein's horror mistake in Arsenal's loss to Brighton

Mikel Arteta has continued to give his backing to young goalkeeper Karl Hein despite his disastrous Arsenal debut on Wednesday evening.

The Estonian stopper was handed his first-team bow against Brighton in the Carabao Cup - regular No.2 Matt Turner having to make do with a place on the bench. The 20-year-old endured a difficult evening against the Seagulls, though, having been on the end of a 3-1 defeat as his side bowed out at the third round.

Shortly after Eddie Nketiah had opened the scoring for the Gunners, former Arsenal man Danny Welbeck equalised from the penalty spot after drawing a foul from Hein following an unfortunate slip.

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