“In the second half both goals were practically the same”.
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“I can also quit by myself but that is something I speak about with [Manchester United chairman] Ed Woodward and not with you”. But they will act if they feel he has lost the faith of the players and that the side are in freefall.
Many would have expected Arsenal to go top after leaders Leicester City were beaten at Liverpool.
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It was the second half of the match, however, that would make Arsenal fans question why they chose to watch soccer on Saturday.
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However the form book was thrown out of the window as Cuco Martina’s wonder strike put the Saints ahead, before Long’s double and Jose Fonte’s header after the break put the icing on the Boxing Day cake for the hosts.
The goal came after a long spell of pressure on a shaky Arsenal defence, marshaled by Laurent Koscielny and Par Matersacker. “I saw Southampton the previous week against Tottenham and they were poor, without a win in five and it just appeared to be an away win all day long”.
In Bournemouth, Arsenal face an unknown entity, with the only competitive meeting between the sides taking place in a League Cup third-round fixture in the 1987-88 season – a 3-0 win for Arsenal. We cannot master the decision of the referee but we can master our own behaviour and I believe Southampton looked stronger in the challenges and we lost too many tonight. As for the Saints, they’ll hope this disciplined, energetic display can kickstart their season.
And former midfielder Merson feels that Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger will need to sign a holding midfielder as cover for Coquelin in the new year if Arsenal are to mount a serious title challenge.
“I’ve said many times, it’s down to consistency to fight in every single game and find the resources to produce a top-level performance in every single game”, he told BT Sport.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger named an unchanged side at St Mary’s, whereas Southampton counterpart Ronald Koeman made four alterations – two of which enforced with Pelle and Cedric Soares injured.
Arsenal have failed to back up their assured 2-1 victory over Manchester City earlier in the week, crumbling at the hands of a clinical Southampton side at St Mary’s Stadium.
“But it was a great goal because it’s not easy to score against a great keeper like (Petr) Cech”. Arsenal have proved that we are well capable of bouncing back from a setback so I reckon that the Arsenal train has been unexpectedly delayed, not derailed. Obviously when you play against a team which has this type of efficiency in front of goal then it is hard to win games.
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“The second aspect is that on the first three goals we were really unlucky with the decision of the referee”.
