He Arsenal Mikel Arteta, who was defending the FA Cup title, was eliminated in the fourth round of the competition after losing to Southampton.
The Saints sidelined the defending champions thanks to a lone own goal by Brazilian Gabriel.
Defender Gunner introduced a cross from the right into his own goal, putting Arsenal down on the scoreboard from minute 25.
With a lot of game ahead, Arteta’s men, who reserved players such as Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette, were not able to achieve a draw and the clearest was Eddie Nketiah in a heads-up that he could not define against Fraser Forster .
Just a few months after being crowned at Wembley, Arsenal are left out of another competition – they also lost in the League Cup – so their only two active competitions between now and the end of the season are the Premier League and the Europa League.
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