On Wout Weghorst and Bruno Fernandes: "For a striker [Wout Weghorst] was so close so many times. He has already created chances and goals for others and he deserved his goal. Manager Mikel Arteta was berating his players regularly for their carelessness, but there can be no questions about their character as they snatched a point with that late rally. It is a move that has not yet worked as Arteta hoped, with Raya looking uncertain in recent games, at fault for a goal in the Champions League defeat away to Lens and getting away with moments of hesitation in the win against Manchester City. Injuries happened with Tomiyasu and Saliba. We are really restricted with the changes because we only have one window to do one and we didn't have the subs left. West Ham had lost all eight of their previous WSL meetings with Arsenal, while the Gunners had won all three away top-flight matches against the Hammers, scoring 15 goals in the process.

Since losing their first ever Premier League game against Brentford (2-0 in August 2021), Arsenal are unbeaten in each of their last four such games (W3 D1), their longest league run without defeat against the Bees. We normally start quite badly in the second half but we were fantastic and at 0-0 you have always got a chance. We gave it a good go and maybe on another day we could have got all three points." Southampton were clearly only interested in defending the three points in the second half, and Arsenal's Gabriel Jesus very visibly counted on his fingers for the referee the number of seconds Saints keeper Gavin Bazunu took with the ball.

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Like the Spaniard, he attempted a short pass to the edge of his area, but Alcaraz pounced and fired home across the Arsenal keeper.

This is not the killer instinct Arsenal demand and it looked like he, and his team-mates, just wanted to revel in possession and enjoy themselves rather than go for the jugular. Brentford have lost their first Premier League London derby in 15 matches (W8 D6), since a 3-0 defeat to Arsenal in the fixture last season. The Gunners extended their run to 17 games unbeaten in league London derbies. For long periods, Chelsea impressed and looked like a side finally heading in the right direction after a horrendous period on and off the pitch.

It was a great attitude, we were good on the ball, made good switches and runs in behind and created a lot of chances. Bruno [Fernandes] was fantastic. He led the team with his control of the game and passing and then he scored a goal." On their performance: "I think we were at our best today you cannot have a fluid game here you have to play their game. They went toe-to-toe with Arsenal at the start, looking to press high and refusing to invite too much pressure. In the second half they began to sit deeper, as Arsenal grew tired and frustrated.

They are one of two sides, along with Newcastle United, in the top flight who are unbeaten on their own turf - but that record was given a stern test against in-form Brentford, who had won four of their previous five league games. The draw for Arsenal follows successive defeats in the league and FA Cup to Everton and Manchester City respectively. It is too early to make projections this season, but in a league as competitive as the WSL, dropping two points here could cost Eidevall's side.Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta to Sky Sports: "Wow. A really intense game. We started brilliantly, controlled the game and scored the first goal, and the second goal was a beautiful action. The game was under control until we conceded a really sloppy goal. Then the game changed momentum. This was the first time Arsenal had failed to score in a WSL game since a goalless draw with Hayes' Blues in February last year, in a title race where they were eventually edged out on the final day. We continued to struggle to impose ourselves on the game and Palmer came close to adding to that tally on the half-hour mark when he linked up with Mudryk and flashed a shot through Saliba’s legs and saw it fizz just wide of the far upright. Mudryk's moment

As I've said, Manchester City and Liverpool are my top two this season, but I don't think Arsenal will be too far behind in third and, if they want to push for the title again, they know they need to win games like this one. We lost control after half time, lost far too many simple balls and it became a very open and chaotic game which they love. They could have scored three or four, missed a penalty and Aaron (Ramsdale) made a couple of great saves. But we had some big breakaways and could have scored two or three. In the end, the result is fair. Nathan Jones' spell in charge of Southampton earlier this season was ill-fated to say the least - but if he did one thing right, it was the signing of Alcaraz.

It is early days in the 2023-24 season, with the second round of matches only getting under way, but United move top for now and Arsenal sit seventh, with the rest of the division still to play this weekend. Eidevall hails 'big' performance Jonas Eidevall has been in charge of Arsenal since June 2021 And it had an impact, as Martinelli volleyed home on 18 minutes, before Arsenal went on to dominate possession and chances as Southampton tried to kill time whenever they could.