Arsenal take on Southampton at home this evening, looking to get back to winning ways after two successive draws.
Here are the official line-ups.
Arsenal: Ramsdale, White, Holding, Gabriel, Zinchenko, Partey, Vieira, Odegaard, Saka, Martinelli, Jesus
Subs: Turner, Tierney, Walters, Kiwior, Jorginho, Nelson, Smith Rowe, Trossard, Nketiah
Southampton: Bazunu, Walker-Peters, Bella-Kotchap, Bednarek, Perraud, Lavia, Ward-Prowse, Elyounoussi, Alcaraz, Walcott, Armstrong
Subs: McCarthy, Caleta-Car, Lyanco, Diallo, Armstrong, Orsic, Aribo, Kamaldeen, Onuachu
Where is xhaka?
Ill
3 what? Lol
Eel
Run DMC had a song about that.
Where is Xhaka?
COYG! Hope Saka scores! ❤🤍
Great article on sky sports app showing how much we are missing Saliba offensively as well as defensively. I was praying he would be back for city but can’t see it. Massive loss for us.
Yes he’s been sorely missed. Though Holding has performed above my expectations it’s a big gap to Salibas level. I’ll check out the Sky article!
What’s up with Xhaka? We need him in the citeh match. Solid starting 11. We should get the 3 points and perhaps reduce the goal difference vs citeh. I’d have started ESR ahead of Vieira tho. COYG!!!
Xhaka picked up an illness. Fingers crossed it doesn’t affect his prep for citeh
No illness, he celebrates Muslim religious holiday today. Same with Zinchenko last Sunday was Orthodox Easter
no we don’t need xhaka. don’t forget he kickstarted our epl title bottle job by riling up the fans at Liverpool
Is Xhaka injured? We can take all the points. COYG!!!
I think he couldn’t come as It is Eid.
He was ill
Injuries starting to bite a bit
Zinchenko starts? You love it Mik!
Would like to see Trossard starting more games. We’ve looked most fluid recently whenever he started
Could’ve come in for Xhaka
Is Vieira a training ground Ballon d’Or?
Yeah have to wonder don’t you? He’s holding death Rowe back at the minute, and I’ve seen nothing to justify that.
Lol death rowe
Now Xhaka absent; They’re dropping like flies.
Fuck our luck.
COYG
Got the feeling that the hurt of letting the two goal advantage slip against West Ham is powering us to a great performance tonight and five or six goals for us. COYG.
Their back 5 should be a guarantee win for us. Let’s hope we don’t take the foot off the pedal.
COYG
Not underestimating anyone, but good that is southampton at home because Viera can not replace Xhaka defensively. I would have also liked to See Smith-Rowe starting if we gone play only attacking minded.
17 minute, 2 nil down, Viera absolute shite and not moving or positioning that would help the team in any way. Constantly hiden behind the oposition players.
Why not Nelson ? at least he gave a lot more energy to our lack lustred team v Hammers, for all the reported Porto signing we were lucky to buy for £30mil he looks like a total lightweight in a heavyweight league, apart from a pass i could make for Martinelli to score at villa and a goal early on season when we had won the game what does he bring ? whatever he does in training ground Miki bigs him up, we haven’t seen anything from the player we supposedly got accordingly from Porto fans for cheap, unless he… Read more »
We’re facing fullback Kyle Walker-Peters this game, then fullback Kyle Walker in the next.
Does St. Totteringham’s Day occur during Kyle Walker Week this year?
“What will you do if you go 2-0 up”
Touché sky sports, touché.
That won’t happen tonight
WTF
My thoughts exactly.
WTF
I think it’s escalated from WTF to OMFG.
Well, that is it.
Done and fucking dusted.
Dress it up as you like but Arsenal have fucking bottled it.
Forget the Liverpool and West Ham games, THAT is how you shit the bed.
KT and ESR for Zink and Vieira
Vieira clearly struggling
It’s a shame vieira has started above trossard (who’s played wingback for both belgium and Brighton) or Tierney (with zinc in mid)
He’s a liability vs Southampton so vs better teams he’ll cost us dearly
I think Arteta is missing a trick in not starting Jorginho in the absence of Xhaka! It would help with our build up (since we miss Saliba) and give us control of that midfield. Vieira is just not cutting it ffs. Can’t be a coincidence that he started the Bournemoth game too.
Zink sleeping on the corner goal
Very disappointing.
Perhaps it is easier to just accept Champions League football than it is to thrive under pressure and try for something much more meaningful.
Whatever happens tonight our defence and central midfield needs strengthening. Holding and Vieira are not good enough.
What’s the point of fucking Vieira? Trossard should’ve been on from minute 10. Is Arteta going to die on that hill?
I swear what’s the point of having players with PL experience when you won’t give them minutes over someone like vieira who still hasn’t adapted to the physicality of the Pl
Finally
Vieira did fuck all the entire game then decides to rile up the crowd before getting subbed? Maybe focus on affecting the game first
Shocked to see Veira in this team. I just don’t understand Arteta, anymore
Such a shame.
It’s looking like one of those nights that would live long in our memories for all the wrong reasons !!! We have to win this match plsssssssss
Poor decisions by the manager (continue playing holding), poor luck (Saliba injured), poor amount of guts by the players in the last 2 games have defined our season. Shame.
Biggest mistake was overlooking all these teams towards City. Been saying this all along. Now look.
Believe.
I believe its over..
This heart ache is on Arteta. No need to play Vieira
I feel sorry for Rob Holding. I don’t he will survive this one.
I feel sorry for Rob Holding. I don’t think he will survive this one.
We’ve bottled this season, like we did the last one. Progress or not, this hurts….
Fucking Christ. At least it’s Friday night and we can drink until we forget all weekend
Bottle jobs. AM I RIIIIIIIIGHT.
A draw is no better than a defeat.
It is very clear what we need in the summer – a WORLD CLASS centre back – not a player with potential and we need DECLAN RICE.
Holding is a fine professional but he is simply not good enough by any stretch of the imagination and Vieira offers nothing.
Vieira oh oh oh
Vieira oh oh oh
He comes from Portugal
And does fuck all for Arsenal
Vieira oh oh fucking oh