Match report – Player ratings – Video The first of two games against Southampton in a matter of days didn't go well for Arsenal yesterday. A Gabriel own goal was enough to give the Saints a 1-0 win and our defence of the FA Cup was ended. Having spoken about rotation in my preview and how I fully expected it, I'm not going to be too critical of it. It's what I thought he would do, in some cases I thought it's what he should do, but rather than taking the opportunity to force their way into the manager's thinking, it became a demonstration of why certain players haven't been playing very much recently. There were just too many off their game to have come away from this one with...
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