Brighton 2 Arsenal 1: Maupay scores last-gasp winner for Seagulls as Gunners throw away lead after Pepe screamer
NEAL MAUPAY’S collision with Bernd Leno left the keeper on a stretcher – then he scored past his replacement to win the match for Brighton.
Arsenal looked on track to secure three point after Nicolas Pepe scored a screamer in the second half to break the deadlock.
Pepe, 25, silenced his critics as he cut inside the box and fizzed his left-footed into the far corner.
But the smile was wiped off Mikel Arteta’s face just seven minutes following a goalmouth scramble at the other end.
After a short corner, Lewis Dunk managed to get the ball over the line to make it 1-1.
Arsenal, who entered the clash on the back of a defeat to Manchester City, failed to bounce back.
And things went from bad to worse for the visitors when Aaron Connolly flicked the ball into the path of Maupay in injury time.
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The former Brentford man raced through on goal before he effortlessly chipped the ball over Emiliano Martinez.
It was his collision in the first half of the match that saw Arsenal’s No1 goalkeeper leave the pitch on a stretcher.
Leno collapsed in pain as his knee appeared to buckle beneath him following a challenge with Maupay.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored for the Gunners after a through ball from Saka – but it was ruled out as he was offside.
It is the first time in Premier League history that Brighton have managed to do the double over the North London side.
The Seagulls won the last meeting between the two clubs 2-1 when they locked horns at the Emirates in December.
And Maupay’s goal, timed at 94 minutes and 26 seconds, was the latest goal Brighton have ever scored in a Prem match.
