Peter Henry
Arsenal’s struggles on the road this season continue, as they drew 1-1 against a solid Southampton side earlier today. Let’s see how the players rated …
Southampton
Forster 7
No chance for goal and made some decent saves.
Stephens 8
Excellent. Had Sanchez in his pocket for most of the game.
Yoshida 7
Another solid showing by one of the Premier Leagues most improved players.
van Dijk 7
Brilliantly marshalled a backline that stopped Arsenal creating many clear cut chances.
Bertrand 7
Good in defence and attack.
Romeu 9 ( MOTM )
Surely the best defensive mid outside the top six.
Højbjerg 8
Like his midfield partner was superb. Broke up play and passed the ball beautifully.
Ward-Prowse 7
Covered a massive amount of ground for his team.
Tadic 7
Classy reverse pass for Austin goal, and caused The Gunners defence plenty of problems whenever the home side got forward.
Redmond 6
Ok, needs to impose himself on games more though, as he has bags of talent.
Austin 8
Tidy finish for goal and maybe should of had at least one more. He’s that penalty box striker that The Saints have been crying out for all season.
Substitutes
Boufal 7
Looked dangerous on the break.
Davis N/A
No impact.
Gabbiadini N/A
No impact.
Arsenal
Cech 6
Ok, just doesn’t inspire confidence the way he did in his Chelsea days though.
Koscielny 4
Followed up a sloppy display against Man United with another shocker here.
Mertesacker 4
All over the shop for the first goal and looked nervy throughout.
Monreal 7
Arsenal’s best central defender, now that is a sentence I never though I would write.
Bellerín 6
Had a lot of the ball down the right flank, but just couldn’t do anything with it. Looked shaky defensively at times.
Ramsey 6
Has been in really good form lately, but today he was back to his frustrating best.
Xhaka 4
A defensive midfielder that shows no appetite for defending.
Kolasinac 7
Solid as always down the left.
Özil 7
Pushed and probed all game but just couldn’t land that killer blow.
Sánchez 7
Was poor for most of the game, but then popped up with a lovely cross for the equaliser.
Lacazette 6
Decent movement in first-half, but faded from the game in the second period.
Substitutes
Wilshere 5
Forgetting the fact everybody seems to want him to do well, he really didn’t contribute much after his introduction.
Welbeck 5
See above.
Giroud 8
Arsenal’s saviour as he so often is. Took his goal brilliantly with a tidy flicked header past Forster.