Overview
- Southampton beat Arsenal 2-1 in the FA Cup quarter-final at St Mary’s, with Shea Charles scoring an 85th‑minute winner to book a Wembley semi-final.
- The loss follows last month’s League Cup final defeat to Manchester City and marks Arsenal’s first back-to-back defeats of the season, cutting a four-trophy chase to two.
- Mikel Arteta defended his squad, said he would take responsibility for the result, and urged the team to look in the mirror and respond on the pitch.
- Gabriel Magalhães left with a knee issue, while Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka remain doubts as Arsenal head to Lisbon for Tuesday’s Champions League quarter-final against Sporting.
- Theo Walcott said Arteta’s touchline demeanor felt tense and filtered into the team, and Alan Shearer argued Southampton deserved the win and warned of a mental test for Arsenal’s title push.