Southampton 1-0 Arsenal
by Layth Yousif

ARSENAL lost 1-0 to Southampton to see their Champions League ambitions further subside in front of 31,465 spectators at St Mary’s Stadium on Saturday.

Mikel Arteta’s side fell to their third defeat in a row, and fourth in five games, after Jan Bednarek’s first half strike was enough to beat the misfiring Gunners on the sunny south coast.

Arsenal’s hopes of qualifying for European football’s lucrative top table next term suffered at the hands of Ralph Hasenhuttl’s team, determined to banish memories of their humiliating 6-0 home defeat to Chelsea last weekend.