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3 positives & negatives from Arsenal’s draw with Southampton

By Mitch Peotter

SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 23: Mohammed Salisu and Lyanco Vojnovic of Southampton clear from Gabriel Jesus of Arsenal during the Premier League match between Southampton FC and Arsenal FC at Friends Provident St. Mary's Stadium on October 23, 2022 in Southampton, England. (Photo by Robin Jones/Getty Images)
SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 23: Mohammed Salisu and Lyanco Vojnovic of Southampton clear from Gabriel Jesus of Arsenal during the Premier League match between Southampton FC and Arsenal FC at Friends Provident St. Mary's Stadium on October 23, 2022 in Southampton, England. (Photo by Robin Jones/Getty Images) /
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Positive #2: Mentality opportunity

(Photo by BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images)
(Photo by BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images) /

Big teams come back.

Manchester City drew with Aston Villa this season, but they came right back and started firing on all cylinders again. There is clearly some tiredness seeping in with the last few performances not being a full dominant 90 minutes. If this team is for real, which I believe they are, then they will overcome this and start playing how they should from here until the World Cup break.

Negative #2: Should have killed the game

Arsenal had plenty of chances to kill the game after going ahead. (Photo by Bryn Lennon/Getty Images)
Arsenal had plenty of chances to kill the game after going ahead. (Photo by Bryn Lennon/Getty Images) /

Poor refereeing plagued this game, but Arsenal had their chances which they failed to take. Jesus, in particular, had a couple of good chances to score and wasn’t able to.

These are the margins that win games. The ref was not helping so we had to do it ourselves but we were unable to do that. Arsenal dominated on xG by a score line of 1.52-0.59, depicting our inefficiency.

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