Mikel Arteta has admitted his Arsenal side have wasted a "huge" chance to make ground in the race for the top four.
The Gunners slumped to a third successive defeat at the hands of Southampton after Jan Bednarek's 44th minute volley from close range was enough to separate the two teams. Arsenal enjoyed so much of the ball but failed to convert their overwhelming amount of possession into anything particularly threatening.
Emile Smith Rowe missed what was arguably Arsenal's clearest chance of the game after he scuffed his volley and gave Saints shot-stopper Fraser Forster a chance to claw the effort away and out for a corner. Arteta's side barely laid a glove on their hosts during what was their attempt at some kind of late onslaught.
