Saka conserves Arsenal’s season with 90th minute equalizer

Arsenal dropped points for the 3rd videogame in a row after having to come from 2 objectives down to draw with last-placed Southampton 3-3, falling simply short of another amazing resurgence in the English Premier League on Friday.

Theo Walcott assisted to offer another blow to his previous group’s title hopes by putting Southampton 2-0 up after simply 14 minutes as the hosts dug themselves a hole they couldn’t completely get out of.

Southampton led 3-1 in the 88th minute priorto objectives by Martin Odegaard and Bukayo Saka dragged Arsenal to parity, and Leandro Trossard hit the crossbar in injury time as Arsenal almost included a winner as well.

But in the end it was a 3rd straight draw for Mikel Arteta’s group, which let a 2-0 lead slip away in its previous 2 videogames, and a outcome that handed Manchester City the benefit in the title race.

Arsenal still leads by 5 points however City has 2 videogames in hand and the Gunners requirement a win versus Pep Guardiola’s group at the Etihad on Wednesday to stay in control of their own fate.

Despite the return, this felt like another 2 points dropped after Arsenal’s own errors handed Southampton the early lead.

Goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale talented Southampton the opening objective after simply 27 seconds as he played a pass straight into the course of Carlos Alcaraz, who regulated the ball priorto whipping Ramsdale with a shot from simply outside the location.

Another error led to the 2nd objective as Arsenal offered the ball away in midfield and Alcaraz played Walcott through on objective. The previous Arsenal winger beat Ramsdale with a low shot inside the far post for his 39th objective at the Emirates, havingactually invested 12 years at the London club after signingupwith from Southampton as a teen.

Arsenal was in a comparable position versus Bournemouth in March when it tracked 2-0 priorto winning 3-2 thanks to Reiss Nelson’s injury-time objective. And it appeared like a comparable return might be on the cards when Saka pulled the ball back from the right for Gabriel Martinelli to volley house from the middle of the location to put the Gunners back in the videogame.

But Alcaraz included a important goal-line clearance to his objective and help as he headed away the ball to reject Ben White an equalizer in first-half injury time after a corner.

And Southampton then transformed a corner of its own in the 2nd half when Armel Bella-Kotchap snapped the ball on towards Duje Caleta-Car, who was left unmarked at the far post to rating.

Martin Odegaard produced another objective with a shot from outside the location in the 88th and Saka adjusted by transforming a rebound in injury time.

Despite 8 minutes of included time, Arsenal couldn’t discover the winner as Trossard’s shot bounced off the crossbar.

Reporting by The Associated Press.