Former Premier League player and Sky Sports pundit Jamie Redknapp believes Arsenal were given a "reality check" during their clash with Southampton on Sunday. It was only the second time they dropped points in the league this season, cutting their lead at the top to just two points over Manchester City.
It seemed as though it would be another routine win for the visitors when they opened the scoring just 11 minutes in - Granit Xhaka's volley into the roof of the net set the tone for such a possibility. However, the second half was a different story as the Saints equalised through Stuart Armstrong and were into the ascendancy.
"I think we stopped doing all the simple things right," Mikel Arteta said in a review of what went wrong for his side. "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.
