Arsenal suffered their first setback in weeks as they drew 1-1 against Southampton at Saint Mary's on Sunday afternoon. It didn't seem as though the clash would go that way early on, though, as Granit Xhaka opened the scoring just 11 minutes into proceedings, volleying an effort into the roof of the net from Ben White's cross.
However, the second half panned out differently as the home side fought back into things, with Stuart Armstrong drawing them level. "I think we stopped doing all the simple things right," Mikel Arteta said in a review of the game.
"The distances on the ball positions were too far, we gave too many simple balls away in very dangerous areas without much pressure, and that didn't allow us much continuity like we had in the first half. Then you are more tired because the game becomes more open and there are more transitions, and you are fatigued. I think again we finished the game on top of them, and we tried to go for the second goal, but we didn't find a way to do it."
