Arsenal vs Brighton and Hove Albion. Premier League.
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Sunday 5 May 2019 15:13, UK
Unai Emery insists the Premier League remains his priority this season despite watching his Arsenal side put one foot in the Europa League final on Thursday night.
Three straight league defeats have left the Gunners two points behind fourth-placed Chelsea with two games remaining, but they beat Valencia 3-1 in the first leg of their Europa League semi-final at the Emirates on Thursday.
Emery named a strong starting XI for the game, but he wants to quickly refocus on the league - beginning at home to Brighton on Sunday, before a trip to Burnley on the final day of the season - as it offers the first chance for Champions League qualification.
"The Premier League is still the most important competition," he said. "If we win against Brighton, we will play the last match against Burnley with the possibility to be in the top four.
"To be consistent over the 38 matches is important and it is the first competition to give us the capacity to be in the Champions League.
"The second is the Europa League but we need to play the second leg in Valencia and it is going to be very different and if we win, then we have to play one more match in the final.
"The Premier League is still the first competition where we want to do something important."
Brighton will be safe by the time they play Arsenal if relegation rivals Cardiff fail to beat Crystal Palace on Saturday.
Should Cardiff win, they would be a point behind Brighton with one game left to play.
Arsenal captain Laurent Koscielny is expected to be fit for Sunday's Premier League visit of Brighton.
The defender came off in the 3-1 Europa League semi-final first-leg win over Valencia on Thursday but is in contention to face the Seagulls.
Nacho Monreal replaced Koscielny and could come in from the start having overcome his own calf problem, while Danny Welbeck (ankle), Hector Bellerin and Rob Holding (both knee) are all out for the season.
Brighton winger Jose Izquierdo will not feature against the Gunners as he has suffered a recurrence of knee cartilage damage.
Davy Propper is also out with a hamstring problem, although Beram Kayal has recovered from the knock that forced him off during the draw with Newcastle last weekend.
Record-signing Alireza Jahanbakhsh could return to Albion's squad after being left out against the Magpies.
If Cardiff have already won, it's panic time for Brighton. I can't see anything but an Arsenal win, they need to win to keep the pressure on.
Brighton are very fortunate - they stuck in there against Newcastle and got a result, but it could've been very different in that game. They weren't in it for long stages.
PAUL PREDICTS: 3-0