Match Day Thread Southampton v Arsenal, FA Cup QF, 4th April 8pm, Live on BBC and TNT Sports

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Morning all. Woken with a semi <party>

What an unbelievable night. Genuinely one of the greatest ever at St Mary's.

We started really well and looked very dangerous on the break. After about 15 minutes Arsenal really put under pressure and we struggled to get out for ages, was bound to happen though and we dealt with it well.

Felt like the goal was actually the first time we'd managed to get up the pitch in ages. Thought Leo did brilliantly to hold on to it and allow others to get up the pitch and Ross took it really well when it came to him. Loved that that move came from their failed backheel.

Second half I'm struggling to remember in much detail tbh but Scienza desperately unlucky with his shot off the bar. Peretz made a great save from Dowman and then we fell asleep for their equaliser though it was a class through ball in fairness.

I feared the worst then but the lads didn't panic at all and kept the belief which the crowd fed off. Absolute scenes when Charles calmly stroked the ball into the corner, if last night wasn't the best atmosphere at St Mary's then that was definitely the best goal celebration.

Weird how Charles only has 3 goals for us but all will be memorable for years to come. Hopefully he has a couple more yet to come.

Not going to pick a MOTM as they were all brilliant but thought Fellows had his best game for us so far, though I wanted to ****ing kill him when he twice didn't take the ball to the corner <laugh>

Bragg showed a maturity and composure beyond his years and wasn't phased at all by the occasion. Big future for him.

I was worried when Manning got booked but overall thought he dealt with Dowman (who was excellent) very well so huge credit for that.

I could go on and on as they were all brilliant to a man but I'll leave it there and go and watch the highlights back to back a few times.

Up the ****ing Saints.
 
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My MOTM was Tonda. Huge shout out for getting the tactics and subs spot on to beat one of Europe’s top sides.

We have beaten Arsenal before, but we need to take stock and remember we are a Championship side this time.

St Mary’s was rocking, truly believe we are part of the reason we won. When Charles scored I have never seen so many limbs in the Itchen. Genuinely thought the roof was going to blow off.
 
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Last night just made it glaringly obvious how much Arsenal depend on Rice and Zubimendi in midfield. Odegaard was playing in a deeper role but he's 100% attack minded so they always looked vulnerable to being attacked. If Arteta thought we were a serious threat he would have started Zubimendi and had Rice on the bench. They just assumed they would have too much in attack for us. And they paid the price.
 
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tomw24 said:
Last night just made it glaringly obvious how much Arsenal depend on Rice and Zubimendi in midfield. Odegaard was playing in a deeper role but he's 100% attack minded so they always looked vulnerable to being attacked. If Arteta thought we were a serious threat he would have started Zubimendi and had Rice on the bench. They just assumed they would have too much in attack for us. And they paid the price.
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Yeah, as soon as the teams were announced, I did think "well that's a midfield that we can get at".

Still didn't think we'd win though.
 
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