A howler from Southampton goalkeeper Alex McCarthy and a late red card helped Arsenal earn a first win since the Premier League restart with a 2-0 success at St Mary's.
The Gunners had lost their previous two games since the return of the Premier League but a goal apiece for Eddie Nketiah and Joe Willock earned Mikel Arteta's side a 2-0 victory at St Mary's.
Arsenal made four changes from their defeat at Brighton with Matteo Guendouzi being left out by head coach Arteta for tactical reasons.
McCarthy gifted Nketiah the ball for the opener and, after Jack Stephens was dismissed for a late foul on Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, he failed to hold an Alexandre Lacazette strike as Willock gobbled up the chance.
Having lost at Manchester City and Brighton since the resumption of the season, the three points were enough to take Arsenal back into the top-half.
Midfielder Guendouzi surprisingly escaped Football Association punishment having grabbed Brighton match-winner Neal Maupay by the throat at full-time of their last contest - but he was not included in Arteta's 20-man squad here as the Spanish coach picked up his first Premier League away win as manager.
Southampton 0-2 Arsenal highlights
Stephens sees red
Southampton 0-2 Arsenal Opta stats
- Arsenal registered only their third away Premier League win of the season (W3 D8 L5) with all three wins coming under different managers (Emery, Ljungberg and Arteta).
- Southampton have lost more home Premier League games than any other team this season (10).
- Mikel Arteta has won as many as game in 18 matches as Arsenal manager in all competitions (W9 D5 L4) as Unai Emery and Freddie Ljungberg managed in 26 games combined this season (W9 D11 L6).
- Southampton have lost 10 home league matches in a season for only the second time in their history, also losing 10 in the 1993/94 season.
- Eddie Nketiah has scored six goals in 11 starts in all competitions this season for Arsenal (4) and Leeds United (2).
- No team has made more errors leading to opposition goals in the Premier League this season than Southampton (10).
- Both of Jack Stephens’ Premier League red cards for Southampton have come against Arsenal, also seeing red in April 2018 against the Gunners.
- Joseph Willock scored his first Premier League goal for Arsenal in his 26th appearance in the competition and with his 13th shot.
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