'It was smart from them... but a bit too much' - Boscagli
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Brighton defender Olivier Boscagli feels it was a "really cruel" way for them to lose against Arsenal with the Gunners' "frustrating tactics" in the 1-0 defeat.
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The Premier League leaders have come in for criticism in recent weeks for their approach in games, with onlookers believing they are employing gamesmanship tactics and being over-reliant on set-piece goals.
Tempers flared in the match at the Amex on Wednesday night and boss Fabian Hurzeler said after the match: "I think there was only one team who tried to play football today."
According to Opta, Arsenal took 30 minutes and 51 seconds to restart play against Brighton, their highest total in a Premier League match this season.
"Really cruel for us. Difficult to accept this," Boscagli told BBC Radio Sussex. "But a lot of things we can take away that we can be proud of from what we did on the pitch. This kind of team, they are good in every phase of the game, not for nothing they are first.
"It was smart from them [the way they played], but I think it was a bit too much in my opinion, but it needs to be with the referees. We can't do anything, they need to take care of net play time.
"It can be frustrating sometimes, because you know this decision goes more in their way [in this match]. But we also had occasions to score goals and we can't hide behind this.
"But, of course, it is part of the game and difficult because it is difficult to speak with them [officials], everywhere the same. We can't blame this as we had enough time to score goals, but we can also learn from this. We can learn from this team also because even when they don't play well they still win.
"There is also something to do on this from the league because it was quite big tonight, but we can't change anything."
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