LONDON – Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said he had never seen anything like Brighton & Hove Albion’s controversial penalty to earn a 1-1 draw on Jan 4 that dealt another seismic blow to the Gunners’ Premier League title challenge.

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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta railed against the “bizarre” decision to award Brighton a penalty in his team’s damaging draw on the south coast, saying he had never before seen an incident like it.