Paul Onuachu once again failed to score as relegation threatened Southampton played a thrilling 3-3 draw away to Premier League title hopefuls Arsenal on Friday.
While Onuachu came on in the 77th minute for his eight league appearance Joe Aribo was benched.
Southampton become the first team in Premier League history to start the day bottom of the table and score three plus goals against the team starting the day top.
Arsenal are now winless in their last three games while Southampton have not tasted a win in any of their last five.
Mikel Arteta’s side are five points ahead of Manchester City who have two games in hand and Southampton stay bottom on 24 points.
Southampton took a shock 1-0 lead one minute into the game thanks to Carlos Alcaraz following a misplaced pass from Aaron Ramsdale.
In the 14th minute former Arsenal star Theo Walcott doubled Southampton’s lead after running on to a through pass and slotting into the net.
Arsenal pulled a goal back on 20 minutes as Gabriel Martinelli smashed home Bukayo Saka’s cutback.
Southampton restored their two-goal advantage on 67 minutes with Duje Caleta-Car heading in at the back post.
With two minutes left Martin Odegaard’s lovely strike found the far corner to make it 3-2.
In the 90th minute Saka got Arsenal’s third after slamming the ball through a crowd of bodies.
However all efforts to get the winner proved futile as Southampton held on to earn a share of the spoils.
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Tension soaked encounter. Southampton put up a huge fight, and Arsenal staged an impressive come back late in the game. Torture for fans, incredible entertainment for neutrals.
What a gaffe by Ramsdale leading up to the first Southampton goal. Goalkeepers, defenders, STOP MESSING AROUND IN YOUR VITAL AREA! How many times have we seen this happen, trying to be cute and play the ball out from the back, and the ball ends up in your net? A lesson for Ramsdale to learn and grow.
Interesting battle between Saka and Perraud the Southampton left back. He did a good job of keeping Saka at bay, but Saka had a slight edge, BECAUSE OF HIS ABILITY TO USE BOTH FEET. Saka would have the ball on his left foot, and swiftly move it to his right, and this move usually got him past Perraud. Arsenal’s first goal came from such a move. Saka got past Perraud, and swept in a nice cross WITH HIS RIGHT FOOT, which Martinelli converted. If Saka had not been able to do that, Arsenal might have lost today’s match. At the highest level, games and indeed trophies are won and lost on fine margins. The ability of a player to use both feet could secure victory in a game, or even help a team win a trophy. It’s definitely worth it for a player to take the time to learn the use of both feet.
LET HIM WHO HAS EARS LISTEN.
Next game he shud deep his leg to salt before entering the stadium he will score 2 goals ,.
My own is onachu and aribo when international duties comes around dey Wii be the first on d list yet dey hardly get playing time in their club