Arsenal's set-piece armory gives Mikel Arteta new weapons in Premier League title race

The Gunners took care of Brighton on Sunday and put even more distance between them and Manchester City

LONDON -- The thing about Arsenal is they always try and head it in. Bully ball in the midfield, a set piece goal and a late winner on the counter: Mikel Arteta's tall boys are at it again.

It is hardly a surprise to see them topping the table for the Premier League's most set-play goals. With penalties struck out of the equation, they have 10 to their name, as many as the behemoths in Everton shirts. The rest of the Premier League can only cower when these giants start stomping around their penalty area.

Brighton certainly had no answer when Arsenal got the artillery out. Gabriel Martinelli's deliveries fizzed towards the front post, red shirts crashing through the crowd to make merry nuisance. It was all the visitors could do to actually get their head on the ball and when Jan Paul van Hecke flicked a delivery onwards in the 53rd minute, he only found himself an unwitting assister for Gabriel Jesus, the Brazilian's fourth in seven club games, setting the Gunners on course for the top of the table, perhaps only momentarily.