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Petr Cech appeared to be partly at fault for both Brighton goals and afterwards the experienced goalkeeper tried to ease the pressure on Wenger by telling his Twitter followers: “If you want to win a game away from home in the best league in the world your GK (goalkeeper) can’t concede 2 goals like I did today.”
The win took Brighton seven points clear of the bottom three.
For the Seagulls, who face Manchester United in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup, victory meant they had beaten a top-six side for the first time this season.
— Arsenal FC (@Arsenal) March 4, 2018
“What it feels at the moment is that this is a big win, particularly given who we were playing against,” said Brighton manager Chris Hughton.
– ‘In our hands’ –
At the Etihad, Bernardo Silva’s goal early in the second half gave City victory over a cautious Chelsea.
“It was so important, a win today is another step closer,” Guardiola told the BBC. “We need four victories to be champions, it is in our hands and if our behaviour is like today we will be champions.”
There was criticism of Chelsea manager Antonio Conte’s defensive tacics, but Guardiola said: “I never judge what the other guy does. Who can forget the same manager and almost same players were champions last year?”
Conte, however, was visibly affected by the death of Fiorentina defender Davide Astori.
Aged just 31, Astori died due to a suspected heart attack on Sunday.
“This is a tragedy and it really hurts me,” said Conte, who coached Astori when he was in charge of Italy.
“He was a great player but especially a fantastic guy. I stay close to his wife, parents and daughter. He was only 31 and it’s very difficult to explain this situation.”
