boss Tonda Eckert believes his facet have discovered a few areas the place they’ll “harm” Arsenal as they give the impression of being to trigger an upset of their FA Cup quarter-final.
Mikel Arteta’s Premier League leaders can be seeking to preserve their Treble hopes alive at St Mary’s on Saturday evening, however it is going to be the primary time the workforce have been in motion since their Carabao Cup last loss to two weeks in the past.
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A Champions League quarter-final at Sporting and Premier League conflict with rapidly comply with the journey to Southampton, the place the Gunners are favourites to progress regardless of their harm considerations after 11 gamers withdrew from worldwide obligation throughout the break.
Arsenal have solely misplaced 4 matches this season however Championship play-off hopefuls Southampton are additionally in a wealthy vein of kind, having gone 14 unbeaten in all competitors and successful 1-0 at Fulham within the earlier spherical.
“It’s a nice workforce,” Saints boss Eckert mentioned. “I feel rightfully each single supervisor in a press convention praises what Arsenal does and I can solely proceed that reward.
“It is a improbable workforce with many, many solutions to issues that you simply give them, so the preparation was enjoyable this week as a result of there’s many extra iterations of what you may probably do.
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“You see that they do have solutions to many doable options, however I feel we now have discovered a few bits the place we’re in a position to harm them and we simply want to verify we carry that on the pitch.”