Sunday 4 March 2018 17:02, UK
Arsene Wenger has the experience to get Arsenal out of their current slump, according to his Brighton & Hove Albion counterpart Chris Hughton.
Brighton inflicted an eighth defeat in 13 games for Arsenal with a 2-1 win at the Amex on Sunday afternoon, a result that only served to further increase the pressure on the Frenchman.
Hughton, however, has backed Wenger to turn things around at the north London club.
"Knowing him as I do, yes (I am confident he will turn it around)," he said after the game.
"I was very complimentary about him coming into this game and I will always remain very complimentary.
"Arsene is a top manager who has been through a difficult period and there is not anybody who is as experienced as him, certainly in this Premier League."
Meanwhile, Brighton's third straight home victory in the Premier League moved the host into the top half of the table and seven points from safety.
Not only that, but it was also a first-ever victory over one of the Premier League's so-called 'Big Six', and that in particular delighted Hughton.
"For us it is massive," he said. "It is our first win against one of the top six.
"We found it difficult. We spoke before about how we had done really well against Manchester United, but that against everyone else we found it really difficult.
"I thought we started the game really well and I think that allowed us in some ways to hold on at the end.
"But we started well enough and we showed good intent and probably is about the form we are in that allowed it."
