Draw PL: Arsenal 3 - 3 Southampton | Friday, April 21 | KO: 20:00 BST | Sky Sports

20:00 kick off, so no sunlight in this for Casper to go missing as every dog in the PL will be watching this game closely on a Friday night after a long week at work:

Form:



If Saliba isn’t fit then I’d start with this:

Trossard
Martinelli Ødegaard Jesus
Zinchenko Jorginho
Tierney Gabriel White Partey
Ramsdale
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Partey can invert during the game next to Jorginho with Tierney playing in a 3 at the back similar to what Pep is doing. We’ll have more bodies in the middle of the pitch and dominate the game imo which we’ve been lacking in recent games.

This is our best time to try something different and be creative before we go to the Etihad.

Arsenal 4-0 Southampton

Let’s FOGGIN DO THIS!!!!!!

 

[Mohamed7]

How didn’t we win this match???? Baffling.

Ohh my god. Out of words.

So close yet so far. Still some slight hope.

 

[blaze_of_glory]

Jesus cannot be out starting CF with such performances as well, it’s not good enough for a team chasing the league.

We need clinical finishing upfront, otherwise we are dead in the water.

He's scored in every game since he came back until this one.

Trossard and him can both play tbh

 

[SA Gunner]

Do you expect this same team to go to The Etihad + St James Park and get a win there? Absolutely zero chance of that happening.

I can’t even see us beating Brighton at The Emirates tbf.

The funny thing is, once we are well and truly out of it, we’ll play with the shackles off again.

Could see a loss to City and Chelsea, opening up the floodgates to the end of the season.

 

[Sapient Hawk]

If it was City,Liverpool or Man U that would have been a penalty. Now onto City, beat them and win the league(oh ya, and get Saliba back)

 

[Oxeki]

We’ve been very good in every big away game, including City at the Etihad. It’s effectively a cup final and the players will be focused like they haven’t been before.

I'm proud of you.

This is what a mod should be doing. Rallying the posters when it looks the wind has been knocked out of our sails.

 

[Jasard]

Chin up. We can win at the Etihad if our attack turns up like they did in that last 10 minutes. City will also drop points in the run in.

I'll buy you the new home kit if we beat City and win the league

 

[DUFFMAN]

Still in our hands.

We move on.

 

[CaleyGunner]

Holding had nothing to do with the result today, Southampton weren’t putting him under pressure he wasn’t lumping it long.

Partey had a stinker yet again sadly. Overall our team was/is too emotional.

Agreed. This Holding and Tierney blame needs to end.

Other factors are at play.

 

[A_G]

No evidence it will happen with city

They’ve only won their last 10 games in a row once in five years under Pep, the odds say they will drop points somewhere

 

[Blaziken]

Partey should NOT start next week!

 

[Sniper Mik]

Getting 2 points against Southampton all season is absolutely disgraceful. Before this game we had a 44% win rate against these plumbers. I just can't get why we never seem to get over these bogey teams.

 

[Gooner416]

I wish Trossard smacked that one in for 4-3. I really wish man.

 

[2Smokeyy]

It's dark now mate. But we have a chance every day to fix the mental issues we are struggling with now. At this stage, I think we are hoping for a fluke. It can happen. It's our only hope left I think!

The way City are playing, I’d take a free hit right now a bit of heart shown at the end against a side rock bottom in 20th in the PL doesn’t give me any hope whatsoever.

Our best bet is to hope other teams beat City but I have absolutely no confidence that we’ll even get the job done to capitalise on it.

 

[Blaziken]

Still in our hands.

We move on.

Give up it’s over

 

[blaze_of_glory]

Arteta is holding back this players..

How is Viera getting more minutes than Trossard and Nelson? He is his biggest enemy

@albakos , we need some new reaction emoticons please

 

[Mrs Bergkamp]

Jesus cannot be out starting CF with such performances as well, it’s not good enough for a team chasing the league.

We need clinical finishing upfront, otherwise we are dead in the water.

He's been good this season but his numbers were always my concern. If he does the business vs City, I'll take it

 

[tactica442]

When Vieira was on, it’s 10.5 vs 11. The flow slowing getting better after Trossard came in.
What a costly lessen for Mikel, at the expense of the league title.

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

Team thinking about scoring and trying to win but sadly can't do basics and can't defend.

The team look mentally tired. Just maybe we shouldn't be in this place too early for us

 

[A_G]

I'll buy you the new home kit if we beat City and win the league

 

[ptrcopp]

Holding had nothing to do with the result today, Southampton weren’t putting him under pressure he wasn’t lumping it long.

Partey had a stinker yet again sadly. Overall our team was/is too emotional.

I think it’s fatigue… that last 10 minutes doesn’t happen without the emotion.

But tired legs go quickly when you’re 1-0 down. Our XI has played far more minutes than City’s. Look at the minutes of De Bruyne vs Ode or Partey vs Rodri