Rice sent off as Arsenal are held by Brighton

Veltman kicked Rice from behind in the process and the home crowd were screaming for the Brighton player to be punished,  only for referee Chris Kavanagh to show Rice a red card.

That turned the game completely and Joao Pedro equalised from a rebound in the 58th minutes after David Raya had saved a shot from Yankuba Minteh.

Kai Havertz had put Arsenal ahead with a lob over goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen.

Brighton and Arsenal were two of four teams to win their opening two EPL games.

With agencies