Arsenal Analysed: 5 reasons why we beat Brighton

Arsenal celebrate scoring against BrightonWe continued our excellent form through the festive period by picking up a third win in a week by beating Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 on Saturday, to remain top of the Premier League table.

A fine strike from Martin Odegaard was followed by a Georginio Rutter own goal, and while our lead was made slender thanks to Diego Gomez's effort, that proved to be a consolation as we picked up another three points.

But what else contributed to our victory? Adrian Clarke has pored through the footage and dug into the stats to point out five key tactical reasons for our success:

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