{"id":504833,"date":"2026-03-05T07:50:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T07:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/504833\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T07:50:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T07:50:07","slug":"fabian-hurzeler-rips-artetas-arsenal-for-time-wasting-at-brighton-that-was-not-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/504833\/","title":{"rendered":"Fabian Hurzeler rips Arteta&#8217;s Arsenal for time wasting at Brighton: &#8216;That was not football&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brighton manager Fabian Hurzeler was visibly frustrated along with the Amex Stadium crowd with what they perceived as time-wasting from under-fire Arsenal in a 1-0 loss on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Premier League has to find a rule because that was not football what Arsenal did today,\u201d Hurzeler said.<\/p>\n<p>MORE \u2014 <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/soccer\/news\/brighton-vs-arsenal-final-score-recap-video-highlights-analysis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Brighton v Arsenal recap, analysis, video highlights<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Brighton boss lamented the Gunners slow restarts and asked for \u201cadded game time and more yellow cards\u201d for Arsenal, who led on a deflected goal and were second-best for most of the game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHave you seen a goalkeeper go down three times in one game? I think that says enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arteta would not be drawn out when asked about Hurzeler\u2019s comments, simply saying, \u201cWhat a surprise\u201d and declining to add further thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>Brighton could\u2019ve led early when that goalkeeper, David Raya, made a huge error but Gabriel Magalhaes bailed out his keeper. The Seagulls couldn\u2019t find a goal of their own and the home crowd went home with a loss.<\/p>\n<p>It might neither be classy nor sportsmanlike, but Hurzeler\u2019s not wrong. And neither, technically, is Arteta, whose tactics got his men another three points on what they hope is a march to the Premier League title.<\/p>\n<p>Fabian Hurzeler reaction \u2014 Brighton boss rips Arsenal for time wasting: \u2018That is not football\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Frustrating to lose 1-0 and not cash in early chance? \u201cIn the second half we had two, three chances good headers, good crossers. We didn\u2019t finish. It was the only thing we missed today. We created a lot of chances. They had one shot on goal. Overall good performance, really good effort from my team.<\/p>\n<p>You forced Arsenal to defend: \u201cWe found a lot of solutions against them. We created a lot and we weren\u2019t that clean in the final third. If we were more clean, more calm in the final third we could\u2019ve created more. I think we can still do better.<\/p>\n<p>The crowd booed Arsenal\u2019s time wasting and you were in the fourth official\u2019s ear about it, too: \u201cNo words needed for that, for Arsenal. Everyone can judge on their own. I\u2019m really fan of how our fans supported us. In the end, everyone has to judge their own decision but I\u2019m sure you don\u2019t like to watch these football games.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI made my point and I think it\u2019s a fair point because in the end football fans want to see football games and not a time of waste. We already spoke too much about Arsenal and how they acted today. We should focus on us.<\/p>\n<p>Fabian Hurzeler reaction video \u2014 Arsenal time wasting \u2018not football\u2019<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"AnchorLink\" id=\"hurzeler-criticizes-arsenal-for-time-wasting\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Hurzeler criticizes Arsenal for time wasting<\/p>\n<p>Brighton manager Fabian Hurzeler does not mince words on his thoughts on Arsenal&#8217;s tactics during a 1-0 win for the Gunners at the Amex.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brighton manager Fabian Hurzeler was visibly frustrated along with the Amex Stadium crowd with what they perceived as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":504834,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-504833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=504833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/504834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=504833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=504833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=504833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}