Arsenal and Southampton star in a game at the Emirates

In a frantic match between the leader and the bottom, the unbelievable happened: the Arsenal tied again, this time against southamptonand left behind important points in the dispute for the title of Premier League. The match, played at Emirates Stadiumhad six goals and a negative prelude for the Londoners: the tie keeps Arsenal at the top, but the manchester city has delayed games and, in case of two victories, surpasses the rival in the dispute for the title of the most famous club championship in the world. The young Bukayo Saka was the one who saved the Gunners in turning off the lights. The courageous Southampton, in turn, gained an unexpected breath and should be a difficult opponent to beat in view of the bad situation (20th position) on the leaderboard.

Acting at home, the London team suffered its first setback in the match just a minute into the match, when the goalkeeper ramsdale played wrong and Southampton opened the scoring with Carlos Alcaraz. The goal caused a great impact in view of the grotesque error in the departure of the Arsenal goalkeeper that gave life to a Saints very badly in the table and that he would get ready shortly afterwards, enforcing the ex’s law: at 14 minutes Theo Walcott enlarged.

The desperation that could have gripped Arsenal in the first half was eased when Gabriel Martinelli reduced the surprising disadvantage on the scoreboard and became the Brazilian with the most goals in the Premier League (15).

_{Arsenal and Southampton had a breathtaking match on this holiday Friday. (Photo: Arsenal FC)}

The second half of the game was marked by a desperate Arsenal to tie the match and manage to at least score. However, Caleta-Car made it 3 to 1 and transformed the match even more into a giant despair for the giant of London, while the team from the south of England began to envision a good result that would be very important not only to escape the bottom of the English Championship as well as trying to get out of the uncomfortable relegation zone that leads to Championship.

However, the team led by Mikel Arteta pressed so hard that, when the lights went out, they managed their miraculous draw: with goals from Ødegaard it’s from Saka (just before the final whistle), Arsenal pulled off an unexpected draw in the bowl of souls. Even though they managed to get a point, there was a bad feeling for the opponent who, despite his courage and great game, is not one of the positive highlights of the league.

With the result, Arsenal has 75 points and two games more than second place (Manchester City). Southampton, on the other hand, is at the bottom with 24 points, three points behind Everton, which is the first team outside the relegation zone.

Lineups:

Arsenal: Ramsdale, White, Holding, Gabriel, Zinchenko (Nketiah 72′), Partey, Vieira (Trossard 57′), Ødegaard, Saka, Jesus, Martinelli (Nelson 85).
Southampton: Bazunu, Walker-Peters, Bella-Kotchap, Bednarek (Caleta-Car 41), Perraud, Ward-Prowse, Lavia (Diallo 86′), Alcaraz (Lyanco 46′), Elyounoussi, Armstrong (Onuachu 77′), Walcott (Sulemana 77′).

Featured Photo: Arsenal and Southampton played an unexpected game in London. (Photo: Isabelle Field/Southampton FC)