The Gunners were thrashed 4-0 at St. Mary’s – and club legend Wright admits that he expected much more from his former side after the break.
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“Well, I think Southampton made the game very physical”, the Arsenal manager said.
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The goal came after a long spell of pressure on a shaky Arsenal defence , marshaled by Laurent Koscielny and Par Matersacker. Heading into the last game on Saturday, Arsenal had a golden opportunity to take the lead in the title race.
4-0 isn’t quite 3-0 (a first-Long-goal-discounted scoreline), but either option represents a dominating victory from the Saints. “The first goal was the first shot on goal, and it found the top corner, and the second goal was a foul on Koscielny, but the ref didn’t see it, and after that we were exposed on the counter-attack”.
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The game though was won by the time the second goal went in, and all the home side needed to do was weather a mild storm in order to secure three points.
Then again, maybe we don’t want to live in that world.
I smile, I don’t smile.
“I must say they were sharper than us in the tackles”.
Southampton scored three more on the day-one of them a lovely team goal that didn’t come without its own bit of controversy.
Long did get the ball in the Arsenal net on 34 minutes, but it was rightly chalked off for a nudge in the back of Mertesacker.
“The score looks big but on the other side they won too many challenges for us to win”.
“We were unlucky on the first one [goal]”.
This inability to retain top talent is one of the main reasons why Arsenal has been unable to win the English Premier League over that past decade. “But I still think success is linked with talent and cohesion”. Both teams have plenty of prove and if their previous matches are anything to go by, we are in for a good, exciting match with tons of goals.
But this was a potentially damaging result and display and Arsene Wenger’s men must now aim for six points and nothing less from home matches against Bournemouth and Newcastle United.
– None of the last 12 Premier League games between these two at Upton Park have ended in a draw (nine wins for West Ham). Alex Song, Robin Van Persie, Cesc Fabregas, Samir Nasri, and Emmanuel Adebayor are some examples of expensive players who have left Arsenal in recent years.
“He’s a different number nine to Graziano”.
“I got given my chance and I wanted to prove myself – that I could play”, Martina said.
Backup right back, Cuco Martina, chose the right match to show his quality with a spectacular low volley in the 19th minute.
“Now we move into a really tough period where we know we are going to have to be even better”, he said.
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