Leaders Arsenal stumble against Southampton

Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal, leader of the Premier, could not get away from 1-1 this Sunday against Southampton in St. Mary’s Stadium. In a poor second half, the ‘Gunners’ allowed the Saints, through Stuart Armstrong, to level the goal that Granit Xhaka had achieved in the first half. Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City, 2nd, are now 2 points behind Arsenal

Arsenal starred in a good first half, where they took the lead thanks to Xhaka’s great goal. The Swiss midfielder scored early, in the 11th minute, as White and Saka created the play and Xhaka finished it off with a superb shot.

Apart from this ‘target’, the ‘gunners’ created a lot of danger, as in several opportunities by Gabriel Jesus (including one in minute 59′, andwhere Elyonoussi, providential for Southampton, avoided, with a quick intervention, that the Brazilian scored on a counterattack. However, there was one but for the ‘gunners’: they didn’t score more goals, which they ended up paying for when Southampton reacted in the second half.

And it’s another Arsenal after the break. Southampton took the match where it wanted to be and, with drive and speed, ended up saving a point. At 66′. Elyonoussi assisted Stuart Armstrong, who shot and beat Ramsdale.

After Stuart Armstrong’s goal, Arsenal failed to balance the match in their favour. Kieran Tierney is one of the few who have given more energy to the Premier League leader’s game. The truth is that Southampton took the ball away from Arteta’s team and he still struggled to score the winning goal.

The Saints had a superb second half and took advantage of the difficulties of an Arsenal side Martin Odegaard was not at the level of the other meetingswhich created difficulties for the first classified, which added its first tie, 10 wins and only one loss.