'You've got to go and win!' - Gary Neville bizarrely insists that 10-man Arsenal should have been able to beat Brighton & Bournemouth despite red cards

Arsenal fell to a 2-0 loss to Bournemouth on Saturday, as William Saliba's 30th-minute sending off came back to haunt them. This was the third time the Gunners have had a player red carded in the Premier League this season, one being the 1-1 draw with Brighton and the other a 2-2 thriller with Manchester City. Now, Manchester United legend Neville believes Mikel Arteta's side need to pick up all three points in these matches - even when they are a man down.

He said on the Gary Neville Podcast: "If you go down to 10 men, you've got to still go and win. Roy Keane said this a few weeks ago, I think after the City game where you could have some sort of sympathy. I think Roy was talking about it with the Brighton game and saying: 'Go and win with 10 men'. I do genuinely believe against Bournemouth at 0-0 with 10 men they should go and win that match. They have to go and win that match, they can't lose it."

He added: "That's the most disappointing thing. They've not gone and won the game against Brighton and Bournemouth and I think they should be with the quality they have."

While this was only Arsenal's first defeat of the Premier League season, the number of red cards they are chalking up is a cause for concern. They will still feel they can compete for the title, though, as they are three points behind City and four adrift of table-toppers Liverpool after just eight games played.

Arteta's Arsenal will look to return to winning ways when they host Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League on Tuesday, before taking on Liverpool in a crunch Premier League clash at the Emirates on Sunday.