Live coverage of Brighton & Hove Albion beating Arsenal on BBC Radio 5 Live had to be interrupted for an apology soon after Pascal Gross scored for the Seagulls
Declan Rice looking on after Arsenal lost to Brighton & Hove Albion
The BBC briefly interrupted live commentary of Arsenal against Brighton & Hove Albion(Image: Clive Rose, Getty Images)
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BBC Radio 5 Live felt obliged to apologise during their live commentary of Brighton & Hove Albion beating Arsenal in the Premier League. The broadcaster said sorry shortly after Pascal Gross put his side ahead in Sussex with a superb strike from distance in off the near post.
Gross, 35, opened the scoring before Charalampos Kostoulas extended their lead with a similarly impressive effort. Chema Andres then headed in a third just before the hour mark against their out-of-sorts opponents.
As a Saturday 3pm kick-off, the match was not broadcast live on UK television. However, there was live radio coverage.
Soon after the opening goal, 5 Live issued an apology. Following a brief update from another Premier League match, commentator Ian Dennis said: "Apologies for any inappropriate language that you may have heard, that might have been picked up from our effects mic here on BBC Radio 5 Live."
Alan Shearer spoke glowingly of Brighton on-air during Sports Report. He said: "It should have been more, the chances Brighton created, they were that good.
"They absolutely battered Arsenal. How many times have we said that recently? From start to finish today, Brighton were magnificent; every single one of them played their part.
Ezri Konsa looking on after Brighton & Hove Albion beat Arsenal in the Premier League
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"They were strong, they were fit, they went after Arsenal. They had no fear, and it worked brilliantly for them; it should have been six or seven goals.
"Every time they chased down the ball, they got it absolutely spot on. They did it as a team; they didn't do it individually. They thought 'we respected Arsenal, but we're not going to give them any space to play'.
"The organisation was great, and that just doesn't happen on its own, and you've got to give Fabian Hurzeler credit for that." Dennis' co-commentator, Curtis Davies, was also full of praise for them, while being equally critical of Arsenal.
He said of Brighton: "The work ethic, the dynamism, the football quality that they showed, to the decisiveness they showed in areas of the pitch, it was always correct. We spoke about this Brighton side before coming into the game, where they scored a lot of goals.
"They came up against a tough Arsenal side with a strong defence. That defence today was nowhere near what it's used to being. The disappointment will be a set-piece goal conceded, Arsenal will have a real long look at themselves.
"On the other side of it, [Bart] Verbruggen had one big save to make. They didn't lay a glove on Brighton and didn't make anything of their attacking situations."
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