Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has described his side's defeat at Brighton as a big lesson, according to BBC. The match, played on Saturday, ended Arsenal's perfect start to the Premier League season, with the visitors losing 3-0.
The result was reported by Channels Television, which noted that Arsenal had gone into the game with a 100% record in the league before the trip to Brighton. BBC's headline on the match focused on Arteta's reaction, in which the manager framed the loss as something his team can learn from.
Brighton's win was one of the main stories of the day's Premier League action. Supersport.com reported the result alongside another defeat for Tottenham, describing Arsenal as having been thrashed by Brighton. Sky Sports carried live coverage of the fixture, including score updates and line-ups, while Arsenal.com had published Arteta's full pre-match press conference comments before kick-off.
The defeat leaves Arsenal with their first dropped points of the campaign, though the reporting available does not include updated league standings or details of the goalscorers. Arteta's pre-Brighton remarks had been released by the club in the build-up, but no quotes from his post-match assessment beyond the "big lesson" line were included in the material reviewed.
What to watch next: how Arsenal respond in their following fixture, and whether Arteta's squad can quickly return to the form that produced their unbeaten opening run.