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Southampton 1-3 Arsenal: Gunners up to eighth as Premier League run continues
Arsenal's Premier League resurgence continued as they beat Southampton 3-1 at St Mary's to move eighth in the Premier League.
Southampton 1 Arsenal 3: Pepe, Saka and Lacazette lead comeback win as Gunners’ revival continues
Goals from Nicolas Pepe, Bukayo Saka and Alexandre Lacazette gave the Gunners their fifth win in six league games, meaning they leapfrog Saints and move into the top half for the first time since mid-November.
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After looking over their shoulders at the relegation zone in December, Arsenal are now only five points off the top four, while Saints are a point behind in 11th.
Player ratings
Southampton: McCarthy (5), Valery (6), Stephens (5), Bednarek (5), Vokins (5), Armstrong (6), Diallo (5), Ward-Prowse (6), Walcott (4), Adams (4), Ings (5)
Subs: Redmond (5), N'Lundulu (5), Watts (5)
Arsenal: Leno (7), Bellerin (6), Holding (7), Luiz (7), Cedric (8), Partey (7), Xhaka (8), Smith Rowe (7), Saka (8), Pepe (7), Lacazette (8)
Subs: Willian (5), Elneny (5), Willock (NA)
Man of the match: Bukayo Saka
How Arsenal fought back to sink Saints
Barely a month after Arsenal were dubbed a crisis club, losing five out of seven in the league, Mikel Arteta's side have fought themselves into European contention by taking 16 points out of a possible 22.
And that patience might just be rewarded as the Premier League’s youngest manager slowly starts to find his feet.

Goals from Nicolas Pepe, Bukayo Saka and Alex Lacazette mean that the Gunners have now taken 16 points from their six Premier League games since Christmas.

Yet this hard-fought victory was still only enough to carry them up eighth place in the table, having played more games than all the teams around them.