ARSENAL MAJANGA

ARSENAL WACHAPWA NA SOUTHAMPTON 2

Per Mertesacker stretches to try and hook Sadio Mane's shot off the line but can only touch the ball into his own net

Mane celebrates putting Southampton into the lead but the Senegalese striker was forced off injured just moments later

Southamtpon, who went into the game in fourth place, but only ahead of their opponents on goal difference, celebrate Mane's opener

Dusan Tadic capitalises on another mistake from Szczesny to scores Southampton's second with the Arsenal defence in disarray

Tadic celebrates his strike, after which Arsenal never really looked like getting back into the game against the high-flying Saints

Alexis Sanchez, played up front in the absence of Danny Welbeck and Olivier Giroud, tries to escape the attentions of Steven Davis 

Calum Chambers, deployed in a holding midfield role against his former club, tries to stop a cross from Ryan Bertrand

Francis Coquelin started in the Arsenal midfield for the second game in a row, and battles with Southampton's Vincent Wanyama

Mathieu Debuchy beats Wanyama to the ball and puts a cross in but Arsenal failed to create many chances at St Mary's

Wanywama holds off Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain during a first half that lacked quality with the exception of Mane's well-taken goal

Wojciech Szczesny storms out of his goal to confront Sadio Mane, before getting caught out of position for the Saints' first goal

Szczesny, whose rush of blood left Arsenal exposed for the goal, looks on as Per Mertesacker lies on the floor disappointed

The Southampton goalscorer had to go off soon after opening the scoring, picking up an injury in his celebration

Sanchez is crowded out as Tadic and Bertrand combine to tackle the Chile forward, who was frustrated by the home defence

Sanchez gets a shot away but Fraser Forster was equal to everything Arsenal could throw at him in the Southampton goal

Graziano Pelle holds off Chambers and Coquelin as Southampton extended their lead over the Gunners in the Premier League table

Debuchy clears acrobatically for the Gunners but the visitors were undone by defensive errors during the disappointing defeat

Tadic runs to the fans after scoring Southampton's second goal, which came after Szczesny had prodded the ball into his path

Sanchez's free kick, which landed on the roof of the net, was the closest Arsenal came to scoring in a really poor performance