Arsenal vs Southampton LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction

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Martin Odegaard celebrates scoring Arsenal’s second goal (Reuters)

Arsenal struck two late goals to rescue a point in a pulsating 3-3 home draw with bottom club Southampton but their Premier League title hopes suffered another blow on a night of frazzled nerves in north London on Friday.

The Gunners trailed by two goals inside 15 minutes with Carlos Alcaraz and former Arsenal forward Theo Walcott silencing the Emirates crowd.

Gabriel Martinelli struck back for the Gunners after 20 minutes and Arsenal were millimetres away from equalising in stoppage time at the end of a pulsating half as Ben White’s header was cleared off the line.

Southampton might have wilted under the home pressure in the second half but instead restored their two-goal lead in the 66th minute as substitute Duje Caleta-Car headed in at the back post.

With defeat looming, Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard then curled home in the 87th minute and two minutes later Bukayo Saka scored from close range to spark bedlam in the stadium.

Arsenal laid siege to the Southampton goal but could not find the crucial winner.

Both sets of players collapsed to the turf at the final whistle after a result that helped neither side.

Arsenal lead the table by five points from Manchester City but they have now played two games more and have to go to the Etihad on Wednesday for what could be a pivotal clash.

Southampton remain bottom with 24 points.

Arsenal vs Southampton LIVE: Premier League updates

• Arsenal: Ramsdale, White, Holding, Gabriel, Zinchenko, Odegaard, Partey, Vieira, Saka, Gabriel Jesus, Martinelli.
• Southampton: Bazunu, Walker-Peters, Bednarek, Bella-Kotchap, Perraud, Alcaraz, Ward-Prowse, Lavia, Elyounoussi, Walcott, Adam Armstrong.
• GOAL! Carlos Alcaraz pounces to give Southampton early lead, 0-1
• GOAL! Theo Walcott finishes off counter-attack to add Saints second, 0-2
• GOAL! Gabriel Martinelli volleys home Bukayo Saka’s cross, 1-2
• GOAL! Duja Caleta-Car heads home Southampton’s third goal, 1-3
• GOAL! Martin Odegaard fires Gunners’ second goal, 2-3
• GOAL! Bukayo Saka taps home a rebound to equalise, 3-3

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Selles has taken the gamble of adding a defender to shore up his backline, but it means Arsenal have been gifted possession. The Saints need to be flawless at the back to see out this result now.

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Vieira wastes a decent position in the final third as he clips his cross straight to Bazunu when he had team-mates waiting at the back post.

21 April 2023 21:21

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Vieira tries to latch onto Saka's cross at the back post, but Lyanco is well placed to direct it behind for a corner.

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21 April 2023 21:20

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Substitution Fábio Daniel Ferreira Vieira Leandro Trossard

21 April 2023 21:19

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Martinelli looks to release Zinchenko on the charge, but he sends his pass into the inside-left channel behind for a goal-kick.

21 April 2023 21:19

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Arsenal are encamped in the Southampton half, but cannot find a way through the five-man backline at the moment.

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Lyanco is in the right place at the right time for the visitors to clear Odegaard's cross into the middle away from Jesus.

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Arsenal vs Southampton

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