Arsene Wenger believes his Arsenal defenders were suffering a hangover from the defeat to Manchester United as they started sluggishly at Southampton on Sunday. Charlie Austin fired the hosts ahead in just the third minute, capitalising on a lackadaisical start from the Gunners back line. Skipper Per Mertesacker returned to the starting line-up with Shkodran Mustafi injured and the German gifted possession to Austin, who exchanged passes with Dusan Tadic to give Saints the lead. F365's early losers: Arsenal’s away form (and that back three) Arsenal rallied late on to earn a point as substitute Olivier Giroud headed home with two minutes remaining, but a point leaves Wenger's men outside...
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