Twitter reacts to Arsenal's shaky 3-2 win against Southampton

Arsenal just don't do it the easy way anymore, do they?

A brilliant night midweek saw them win 4-1 against CSKA Moscow in the first leg of the Europa League and Arsene Wenger decided to give some players a rest ahead of the return leg at Russia.

Arsenal conceded in the 17th minute when Shane Long left Shkodran Mustafi flat footed and reacted first to Cedric's cross as he poked the ball past Petr Cech. Arsenal looked for an immediate replacement and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang continued his fine form as he equalised after a nice lay-off from Danny Welbeck.

Ten minutes later, Welbeck scored to make it 2-1 as his long range effort took a slight deflection off Maya Yoshida and went past a helpless McCarthy.

Southampton upped their gear in the second half and showed more fighting spirit. Arsenal did not take the chances that came their way and ultimately paid the price when Charlie Austin equalised 3 minutes after coming one with a perfect tap-in.

However, Arsenal found an unlikely hero in Welbeck, who headed a cross from Iwobi into the back of the net to get the winner in the 81st minute.

Things turned ugly in injury time as both Elneny and Jack Stephens were sent off following a scuffle between the players. Stephens and Wilshere came up against each other and Elneny appeared to shove Cedric in the face.

Arsenal held on to win and as usual, Twitter had its say:

THE GOALS FIRST

Aubameyang equalises for Arsenal, 1-1. Lovely goal pic.twitter.com/QoIGP1S2et

— Terje (@TerjeGIFs) April 8, 2018

Welbeck's deflected shot finds the back of the net. 2-1 pic.twitter.com/wPRb3Bpjjz

— Terje (@TerjeGIFs) April 8, 2018

Charlie Austin has scored in every game he has played against Arsenal pic.twitter.com/x0ARn5Xmbz

— ArsenalGIF (@ArsenalGIF) April 8, 2018

Welbeck restores the lead for Arsenal. 3-2 pic.twitter.com/7DusRXP5A0

— Terje (@TerjeGIFs) April 8, 2018

ARSENAL WERE CRITICISED!

Shane long has scored 1 goal in his last 47 games & is easily in the Top 3 worst strikers in the league! With that said, watch him score against us in the first 10 mins today 🙄

— Arsenal's Voice🔴⚪️ (@ArsenalsVoice) April 8, 2018

Going into this game, Shane Long had ONE goal in his last 47 appearances for club and country.Mustafi: Hold my beer

— Paddy Power (@paddypower) April 8, 2018

Southampton failed to score in 4 of their last 5 games. Then they met Arsenal.

— Suicidal Gooner (@ThatGuyJSR) April 8, 2018

Who knew that Arsenal Wenger would be the man to turn Southampton back into a winning team?

— SportsJOE (@SportsJOE_UK) April 8, 2018

Mustafi and Cech attempt to prevent Shane Long from scoring. pic.twitter.com/NHP7iZPORx

— Andy Kelly (@Gooner_AK) April 8, 2018

Arsenal fans must be the busiest fans in the premiership, they all clearly have much better things to do on a Sunday afternoon than go and support their team. There’s more atmosphere on the moon. #ArsvSton #emptyseats Roll on Tuesday night when I can watch a proper game #lfc pic.twitter.com/PnB1mt3GsJ

— Jason (@Richa284) April 8, 2018

Who’d bet against Austin at WrestleMania weekend? Arsenal look stunned! He’s only been on the pitch two minutes pic.twitter.com/PmtqBJYGOQ

— FourFourTwo ⚽️ (@FourFourTwo) April 8, 2018

🙈 Charlie Austin has never failed to score against Arsenal.72" Austin enters the pitch.73" Austin scores. pic.twitter.com/N4lcXYyb33

— Sky Bet (@SkyBet) April 8, 2018

And that was daft from Elneny.Having seen what got the S’ton man get a red, to then go and be stupid is really very Arsenal

— Dr Alexander Ajagbe (@DrBdon) April 8, 2018

Only in England could a leg breaking tackle not be a foul while a slight push is a straight red. Are English refs that bad or something more dishonest? #arsenal.

— Derek O'Reilly (@DerekOR14) April 8, 2018

A LITTLE PRAISE CAME THEIR WAY, THOUGH!

Aubameyang is properly lethal uno. Next season he'll be doing a madness unless wenger plays him at left wing for banter

— Jórðansson (@GingerJordan27) April 8, 2018

Aubameyang has now scored 6 goals in 7 appearances in the Premier League since arriving in January. He's winning the golden boot next season. Calling it now.

— P¹⁸ (@RedLacazette) April 8, 2018

Can’t wait to see Aubameyang in the premier league next season !!!!!! He will rock it up

— Osman (@OsmanZtheGooner) April 8, 2018

Danny Welbeck and Shane Long both scoring in the same game. Light the beacons of Gondor.

— Paddy Power (@paddypower) April 8, 2018

Premier League rules state "When Danny Welbeck scores against you, you are AUTOMATICALLY relegated." Farewell Southampton

— Men in Blazers (@MenInBlazers) April 8, 2018

Welbeck with a goal and assist. pic.twitter.com/ktC2DTv9Q2

— Mayur Date (@imayurdate) April 8, 2018

Now Welbeck has scored he's gonna get more playing time...😪 pic.twitter.com/2q7s9EPupT

— Baba Wakanda (@dylan_mabz) April 8, 2018

Welbeck-Iwobi combining for @Arsenal (possibly) winning goal. There goes a tweet I never thought I'd make in my wildest dream

— Wenger Out Brigade (@WOBarsenal) April 8, 2018

Having an energetic striker like Aubameyang has so far proven effective in the final third defensively, he's always there before a clearance can be made and the clearance typically doesn't come off well; if he continues to do this it may be botched to the point where he can score

— Rami (@GoonerRami) April 8, 2018