Arsenal vs Brighton LIVE: Premier League result and final score as Jesus and Havertz goals send hosts top

GOAL! Arsenal have the breathing space they so desperately wanted as Havertz doubles the lead late on! Brighton commit bodies forward looking for an equaliser and Arsenal can break. Nketiah surges through the middle before slipping the German through and goal and he makes no mistake, slotting past Verbruggen to surely put the result beyond doubt.

Hinshelwood gets up well to meet Gross' delivery from the left, but the youngster doesn't get the contact he wants on the ball and it ends up bouncing harmlessly wide.

WHAT A CHANCE!!! Brighton have barely had a kick going forward, but they really should be level! Pedro slides a neat pass down the left for Mitoma, who fires a cross into the box. Gross is there in the middle, and it looks for all the world like he will turn home for a Seagulls equaliser. However, he somehow manages to shoot the wrong side of the post! What a let-off for Arsenal!

Another chance to put the game to bed goes begging for Arsenal as a marauding run from Rice takes him all the way into the Brighton box. He bursts past Van Hecke before firing goalwards, but Verbruggen is able to block the midfielder's effort.

Trossard also enters the fray, coming on for Martinelli on the Gunners' left wing.

Arteta makes his first changes of the game. Jesus, whose goal could prove to be the winner, trudges off for Nketiah.

De Zerbi's changes have had little impact so far. Arsenal have continued to dominate, but as long as the lead is just the one goal, the home crowd could be in for a nervy final 12 or so minutes.

Substitution Simon Adingra Daniel Nii Tackie Mensah Welbeck

Gilmour goes in the book for a crunching challenge on Jesus in midfield.

CHANCE! Arsenal will kick themselves if they do not go on to win this game. This time, it's Havertz who gets on the end of Martinelli's cross from the left, only to head over the crossbar from close range.