Premier League Week 4-Write up Arsenal v Southampton

Arsenal 6-1 Southampton

It took Arsenal until their 3rd game to score their first goals but it seems like the international break has really helped them as they went goal-mad against a Southampton team who are yet to pick up a point. Despite Southampton's poor start to the seas however this will have been a serious low point.

Arsenal first took the lead after just 10 minutes as Keiran Gibb's cross was turned into the Southampton goal by the unfortunate Jos Hooiveld, from then on it became a case of just how many would Arsenal score. Less than 20 minutes later Arsenal doubled their lead via an excellent Lukas Podolski free kick. Just minutes later Arsenal had gone from 2-0 to 4-0 as Gervinho netted his first of the day thanks to a clever ball by Mikael Arteta and Nathaniel Clyne had netted the second Southampton own goal.

Despite the game effectively being over inside 36 minutes, Southampton did manage to grab a consolation goal just before half time as Danny Fox managed to get the ball unmarked in the area. This however was little more than a brief reprieve before half time and not a comeback.

With the points in the bag Arsenal didn't do go for the kill in the second, this however didn't mean that they refused to attack. A fifth was added 25 minutes into the second half with Gervinho netting a tap-in before before Theo Walcott, a former Saint himself, finished off the scoring late on.

At the start of the season much was made of Arsenal's struggles to score, in fact in their first 2 games they failed to net at all, however with 8 goals in their last 2 games it's fair to say that Arsenal certainly do have goals in them. Whilst it's true that 2 of the 6 here were own goals they both came due to the threat of Keiran Gibbs down the wing and it's the sheer number of threats that Arsenal have that make them so threatening. Santi Cazorla may not have netted one himself but he and Arteta were pulling he strings for fun from the middle and further proving just how good Arsenal's football really is.

For Southampton it's still not a time to out and out worry. Whilst they are still pointless they have faced Manchester City, Manchester United and Arsenal in 3 matches that they wouldn't have expected anything at all from. Despite this fans do need to worry at least a little bit by the defensive woes which has seen the team concede 14 goals in 4 matches. Saints fans may be feeling some despair however their team have shown some class and they will be hoping to show some consistency, especially at the back.