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Holders Arsenal were sent crashing out of the FA Cup as a Gabriel Magalhaes own goal gave Southampton a deserved win in their fourth-round tie on the south coast.<\/p>\nHolders Arsenal were sent crashing out of the FA Cup as a Gabriel Magalhaes own goal gave Southampton a deserved win in their fourth-round tie on the south coast.<\/p>\n
Mikel Arteta made seven changes to his side and was without captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang for personal reasons as the Gunners were outplayed, losing their grip on the trophy following a 1-0 defeat at St Mary\u2019s.<\/p>\n
Southampton should have won by a bigger margin but now face a trip to Wolves in round five as Gabriel\u2019s poor return to the Arsenal side was capped by accidentally deciding the tie in favor of the hosts.<\/p>\n
Saints started lively and were unsettling the recalled Gabriel in the opening minute.<\/p>\n
Danny Ings was then picked out free inside the box and his effort was deflected behind, with James Ward-Prowse hitting the crossbar direct from a corner as he looked to catch Bernd Leno off his line.<\/p>\n
Arsenal at least started to get a foothold in the game as Mohamed Elneny\u2019s fine pass ultimately led to nothing, with former Saints defender Cedric shooting over soon after.<\/p>\n
But the visitors still looked frail at the back as Che Adams burst past Gabriel as if he was not there before forcing a smart stop out of Leno.<\/p>\n
Gabriel Martinelli then passed up a fine opportunity to put the 14-time FA Cup winners in front, miscuing his shot after breaking the offside trap from a free-kick.<\/p>\n
Saints took the lead just before the midway point of the first half as Elneny gave away possession on the edge of his own box.<\/p>\n
The ball was worked wide to Kyle Walker-Peters, whose cross-cum-shot was deflected into his own goal by the unfortunate Gabriel, the first time Arsenal have conceded in 508 minutes.<\/p>\n
The second half started in similar fashion, Arsenal shabby in possession as Southampton pressed the wobbly backline.<\/p>\n
Arteta reacted by turning to his bench, introducing Thomas Partey and Bukayo Saka just before the hour.<\/p>\n
But it was defender Rob Holding who spurned a great chance to equalize, sending an effort over the crossbar after the ball bobbled up for him in the Southampton box.<\/p>\n
Former Arsenal player Theo Walcott then ballooned over a decent chance at the other end before Fraser Forster did well to prevent Eddie Nketiah from levelling.<\/p>\n
Arteta\u2019s last throw of the dice was to bring on Alexandre Lacazette as he sacrificed Hector Bellerin for a more attacking set-up.<\/p>\n
The shift meant Arsenal enjoyed more possession in and around the Southampton box without ever really looking like finding the goal to take the tie into extra-time.<\/p>\n