An indifferent Arsenal stole three points right at the death against a plucky Southampton thanks to a 94th minute Santi Cazorla penalty.
Southampton took the lead when Dusan Tadic’s fine free-kick effort struck the bar and bounced in off the back of a helpless Petr Cech to hand the visitors the lead on 18 minutes.
Arsenal were level just before the half-hour mark when Laurent Koscielny scored with a wonderful bicycle from a resulting corner.
In a second half where both teams cancelled each other out, it was the Gunners who were rewarded a spot kick after Jose Fonte was adjudged to have fouled Olivier Giroud that Cazorla finished with aplomb.
Here are some of the best reactions from Twitter:
Thought Mustaphi was decent today .. He’s on Koscielny levels .. Great hard earned 3 points .. My man of match was KOS 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 #Arsenal
— SUPER G⚽⚽₪ER♚ (@ONESuperGUNNER) September 10, 2016
All of those #Arsenal supporters singing #WengerOut must have been disappointed when Cazorla scored that pen. But don’t worry, PSG next…
— Marc Stockings (@MarcStockings) September 10, 2016
Dodgy penalty, unconvincing performance, lucky win.
As for our new striker…if he’s the answer, someone asked the wrong question. #afc— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) September 10, 2016
The more I see #Koscielny, the more I’m convinced that he is the best CB in world football. #AintNobodyLikeKoscielny #afc
— Sanket (@SanketGooner) September 10, 2016
Nothing like a scrappy win. Up and running now, come on #AFC.
Mighty promising to see Xhaka, Alexis and Giroud on the bench. #SquadDepth— Gautam Swaminathan (@SwamiG13) September 10, 2016
Nothing pretty but it’s hardly ever been convincing against Soton, so struggle was expected. Giroud forced the chance, Santi took it. #AFC
— Awolowo Olumide (@kinghenrythefif) September 10, 2016
2 shots 2 goals. That’s 100% marksmanship quality. 😂 #Arsenal
— Pöllux (@teamio77) September 10, 2016
Thank you thank you. We finally get some luck. A win is a win #Arsenal
— Marshal Taffe (@MtTaffe) September 10, 2016
Don’t tell me #Arsenal were “lucky.” Stokehampton should’ve had enough accumulated cards to be down to nine players. (I won’t say “men.”)
— Garden State Gooners (@GardenStGooners) September 10, 2016
3 very needed points. Onto PSG 🙌🙌🙌 #Arsenal
— Mr. Les Pierre (@kwabiegong) September 10, 2016
So glad we carried on with the game whilst Long was faffing about rolling around up the other end. Needs to happen all the time #Arsenal
— James (@JamesK_1312) September 10, 2016
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