Brighton manager Chris Hughton hoping to emulate past Emirates success against Arsenal
Saturday 30 September 2017 15:51, UK
Brighton boss Chris Hughton is looking to outsmart Arsene Wenger again at an old happy hunting ground.
Hughton, 58, was the last manager to guide a newly-promoted side to a victory at the Emirates when Newcastle United won 1-0 in November 2010.
He is now preparing his side - unbeaten in their last six - for a trip to north London and a stadium which holds good memories following his famous victory as Magpies boss nearly seven years ago.
"I remember it well, an Andy Carroll header," said Hughton. "That's what the challenge is for us. There can't be anywhere in this division that you can afford the feeling that you can't get anything.
"What we know is, on a day like Sunday, we will have to have things go our way, we will have to play to a really good level and probably face an Arsenal team who don't play at their best.
"Probably there is more pressure on Arsenal to win the game than on ourselves - most people wouldn't expect us to get anything but that's the great opportunity we have."
Alexandre Lacazette has scored in each of his three Premier League home games - becoming the first player to do so since Brian Marwood in 1988 - and Hughton has tipped the 26-year-old French £46.5m striker to have a good season.
"Unfortunately I don't think we'll ever be able to (spend) that," said the former Tottenham assistant.
"But the reason they pay that money for strikers is because of what they produce. He is that level of player, and I expect him to have a very good season in an Arsenal team that will create chances for him.
"We are not in that league of player or money so we have to work to our strengths. That means staying in the game and finding a way of getting a result."
Hughton will be without forwards Tomer Hemed, Glenn Murray and Sam Baldock for Sunday's visit, meaning on-loan Chelsea forward Izzy Brown could make his first appearance since recovering from a hamstring injury.
