Arsenal striker Gabriel Jesus has revealed that the referee explained why he wasn't awarded a penalty for a challenge made on him during a 1-1 draw away at Southampton. The Brazilian struggled during the clash, with his recent outing now making it five games without a goal.
It's been midfield talisman Granit Xhaka that has been in the habit of scoring goals as of late, bagging yet another with a volley into the roof of the net in the first half at Saint Mary's. With just the one goal lead, the Gunners were always in danger of coming under pressure, which is exactly what happened in the second half as the hosts hit back through Stuart Armstrong without reply.
"No complaints," Mikel Arteta said in review of the clash. "This is football. We were really good in the first half and totally controlled the game. We created loads of big chances that we didn’t put away. In the Premier League, unfortunately, if you don’t do that when you are top of the game, you can have some difficulties. In the second half, we put ourselves in problems with the amount of giveaways that we had, especially with ball possession, and that didn’t allow us to control the game the way we wanted."
