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.

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.

Mikel Arteta was left to rue two dropped points as Arsenal were held to a 1-1 draw against Brighton in Saturday’s Premier League clash. The Gunners took an early lead through Ethan Nwaneri but failed to build on that advantage and were pegged back by Joao Pedro’s controversial second half penalty.