🚨Brighton head coach FABIAN HÜRZELER on what he told Mikel Arteta during the match.
🎙️Reporter: “Fabian, what did you say to Mikel Arteta immediately after Brighton scored the second goal?”
🗣️Hürzeler: “I walked straight to him and told him: ‘Your team is not good enough. I’m sorry, but this is not the Arsenal people were talking about last season.’
“Last season, you had everything going your way. The officials were always there when you needed them. You got decisions, you got moments, and somehow you ended up winning the league.
“But today? No excuses. No referee to hide behind. No controversial decision to save you. Just football.
“And what we saw today is the real difference between our teams. My players came here to play football. Arsenal came here hoping the game would somehow go their way.
“I told Arteta, ‘This season will be different. You cannot depend on officiating forever. If you want to be champions again, you have to actually play like champions.’
“After the second goal, I looked at him and said, ‘This is what happens when there is no one helping you. Your team gets exposed.’
“And honestly, I think Arsenal fans know exactly what I mean.”
🎙️REPORTER: “So you genuinely believe Arsenal only won the league because of officiating?”
🗣️HÜRZELER: “I’m saying today there was nowhere to hide. We were simply better.”