Gabriel Jesus: Arsenal’s draw at Southampton must serve as wake-up call
The Premier League leaders led at St Mary’s through Granit Xhaka’s early strike but faded in a sloppy second period.
The Premier League leaders led at St Mary’s through Granit Xhaka’s early strike but faded in a sloppy second period.
Granit Xhaka put the Gunners ahead before Stuart Armstrong’s equaliser.
The 31-year-old Euro 2016 winner has not played a minute of football for the table-topping Gunners so far this campaign.
The England forward has featured heavily for Arsenal this season.
The second-half strike secured qualification into the latter stages of the competition for the Gunners.
The Blues also reportedly have West Ham skipper Declan Rice in their sights.
Winning the group is rewarded with a bye for the round of 32.
Harry Kane will hope to help Tottenham close the gap at the top of the table when they travel to Old Trafford.
Bukayo Saka scored the only goal of the game in the first half.
And Manchester United are reportedly drawing up a plan to make another move for PSV Eindhoven attacker Cody Gakpo.
The Premier League has agreed to postpone the Gunners’ match against Manchester City which had been slated for October 19.
The Manchester City boss is not losing sleep about a backlog of games.
The PA news agency understands this is one solution under consideration.
The PA news agency looks at matches and events which have been affected by Her Majesty’s death.
Seven top-flight matches will take place over the weekend.