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Southampton 1-1 Arsenal: Aribo helps Saints hold Gunners
Nigerian Midfielder Joe Aribo was in motion for Seventy-three minutes as Southampton held Arsenal to a 1-1 draw on the St. Mary’s Stadium.
It was a sport of two halves for the Gunners as they began brightly in opposition to Southampton and deservingly took the lead after Granit Xhaka smashed in a low drive from Ben White to place Arsenal forward.
The Gunners seemed the sharper of the 2 and may have gotten extra however Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Jesus and Gabriel Martinelli have been responsible of poor determination making because the Gunners struggled to dissect the Saints.
Southampton deserve credit score for popping out sturdy within the second half and taking the combat to Arsenal.
Arsenal have struggled away to Southampton in current occasions having solely received one in every of their final 4 visits to St. Mary’s Stadium in all competitors and have been responsible of lacking their probabilities.
Southampton have been unforgiven as they punished Arsenal’s poor second half efficiency and grabbed a deserving equaliser by way of Stuart Armstrong because the Scottish worldwide completed cooly when launched one on one in opposition to Aaron Ramsdale.
Aribo was essential within the match and gave an excellent account of himself, enjoying as a field to field midfielder and linking up nicely together with his teammates.
The Nigeria was nonetheless subbed off within the 73rd minute for Che Adams.
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