At 22:00 Beijing time on April 16, the 33rd round of the Premier League ushered in a match, and Arsenal challenged Southampton away. Arsenal have a decent record under Arteta. While arteta's use of young players gave the team vitality, it also lacked some stability, giving up key three points against both Crystal Palace and Brighton. Arsenal are facing Southampton, who are 14th in the league. Arsenal won the first leg of the meeting, and now they are meeting again, Arsenal are fighting away from home, losing the game and continuing to sink after losing 3 consecutive defeats.
Arsenal lined up in a 433 formation for the match. Ramsdale served as the starting goalkeeper. Nuno Tavares, Gabriel, Ben White and Cedric Suarez form a four-back. Xhaka, Lokunga and Erdega are paired for 3 midfielders. The offensive trident combination of Saka, Nketiah and Martinelli joined forces. Pepe, Elneny and Smith-Royce sat on the bench. Partei, Tierney and Kenyo Fuan are all sidelined with injuries.
Saka and Martinelli both had good chances after the game started, but neither of them took them. The game was open at first, but as the game progressed, Arsenal gradually took control of the pace of the game and the possession rate became higher and higher. It was just that Arsenal struggled to create good chances, and Southampton took one chance, scoring a goal in the 44th minute by Bednarek. Arsenal, who had no way back in the second half, attacked wildly, and shooting opportunities kept coming, but they couldn't score, and Smith Rowe's shot was extremely threatening, but it was deflected by Foster's save. Xhaka's shot was also saved by Foster. This made Arteta too desperate. The final score was set at 0-1, and Arsenal lost to Southampton to fall to 6th place. Arteta couldn't believe the outcome, he was furious, he said after the game it was difficult to accept the game, he thought the team's defense was not good enough. At the same time, he believes that Foster's heroic save played a decisive role.
Arsenal shot 23 times on goal and 76% of the ball, but lost the game 0-1, which is really unbelievable. Foster performed extremely well, making six saves to save the goal and scoring the second highest 8.4 points in the post-match whoscored rating. Bednarek scored a game-high 8.6 points, scoring one goal on goal, five interceptions and seven clearances, making his performance on both ends of the game impeccable. Arsenal don't have players who have done well. Saka was more active, scoring 4 shots, 2 successful passes, 4 key passes, and a team-high 7.1 points.