FALMER, England — Mikel Arteta admitted that he knew his Arsenal side would be on the back foot from the first throw-in of Saturday’s trip to Brighton & Hove Albion, lamenting that the chasm in intensity was “so clear.”
The beaten boss was not alone in identifying the gulf early on, but as the only person at the Amex with the ability to address those painfully-obvious deficiencies, Arteta’s brutal honesty only served to turn the spotlight onto himself as well.
