"Well, whatever conversation Brighton were having about control, it's shifted. Arsenal are level, and there's a tempo shift now. Not just in the legs. In the body language."
The ball soon began moving after the referee restarted the match and it was quick and quiet for a while.
Nothing forced—but the pulse of the game had changed.
Martinelli peeled wide, hugging the touchline after Arteta had gestured toward him.
Rice, in the double pivot with Odegaard, began retreating as Odegaard stepped up more to take hold of the midfield with his one-touch passes and that kept the home team on their toes.
Brighton regrouped quickly.
Their backline kept the shape tight and their midfield retreated a step deeper.
But it wasn't going to matter when you were playing against an inevitability.
When you were playing against something unfair and from the way distressed manner the Brighton coach gestured from the touchline, he too had recognized the cause of his stress.
