Brighton manager Hurzeler believes Rice deserved red card

The Gunners took the lead thanks to Kai Havertz's goal, but their momentum was halted when Declan Rice was sent off in the 49th minute. Brighton then capitalized on their numerical advantage with Joao Pedro scoring the equalizer.

Hurzeler later said, "In the end you are one man plus so you always want to win the game. We had chances on our side but Arsenal also had two big chances."

On the sending off, he continued: "First of all he shoots the ball away so it is a clear yellow card, it changes the momentum of the game.

"We started to control the game and then the goal happens out of nowhere. We didn't defend it well, the red card changed the game for sure. We wanted to win, we didn't do it so we have to be satisfied with the draw.

"There's still room for a lot of improvements. We try and go step-by-step."