Arsenal Gunners Sink the Saints' Ship

Arsène Wenger can only relax so much these days.

The temperature may be turned down a bit, what with his crew having won five home matches on the trot.

But frankly, it remains the atmosphere du jour around the Emirates.

Still, when the Gunners are firing on all cylinders, they're definitely the well-oiled offensive machine their tradition demands that they be.

There's 1000 words describing the Gunner season for you.

Arsenal had to fight harder than expected to bag all three points from Southampton, emerging with a 3-2 barnburner.

 

Baseball has a term to describe two fielders who think the other dude's gonna make the play, only to have the ball fall between them for a hit.

It's called Alfonse & Gaston.

 

The Saints' Shane Long took full advantage of Arsenal's version:

The Gunners shrugged it off by doing what they do best.

In other words, they passed their way through to the opposition net to make it all level, with the finishing touch provided by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang:

Ten minutes later, it was Danny Welbeck's turn to grab the spotlight.

Dude made a beautiful run and caused a fortuitous defelection to put the Gunners in the driver's seat:

Still this is Arsenal. Defensive leaks are a given here.

So, who was really surprised when the Gunners' defense was beguiled by Southampton again when Charlie Austin found the net:

Welbeck's won many match for Manchester United during his Red Devil days.

Now, he's doing it for the Gunners. This one was nine minutes from time:

Maybe it's not how Arsenal wants to be in Europe next season, but the Europa League is beckoning.