Mikel Arteta has ripped into his Arsenal players for their “unacceptable” performance in today’s 2-1 defeat away at Brighton.The Gunners suffered their second defeat in the space of four days on the south coast, despite Nicolas Pepe firing them in front with a terrific effort 20 minutes from time.Lewis Dunk brought the home side level seven minutes later, before Neal Maupay converted a dramatic winner deep into stoppage time.And in his post-match interview with BT Sport, Arteta furiously insisted his side “don’t compete”.“It’s a very difficult one to take, because it’s unacceptable the way we lost the game,” he said.“The fact that we missed so many chances, the fact that we gave them the first goal and we didn’t compete in the second.
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