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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta was proud of his players despite only managing a 1-1 draw against Southampton.
The Gunners were listless in the first half and were 0-1 down at the break.
They equalised through Pierre-Emerick Aubaymeyang, but then defender Gabriel got a red card after two yellows.
It meant they had to hold on at the end to maintain the result.
“Considering that we played again with 10 men for 35 minutes, after playing another 40/45 minutes three days before [with 10 men], you have to take the point,” Arteta told reporters.
“We needed a win. We play to win, we’re really disappointed with the way that we conceded the first goal but then the team reacted. Instead of getting down, the team reacted, we kept trying with more efficiency.
“We created some really good situations in the first half but we didn’t finish the action well enough. We came back really strong in the second half, we scored a really good goal and we kept going. When we had a [good] moment again, we shot ourselves in the foot and made things really complicated for ourselves.
“[At half time I told them] there is no time to feel sorry for ourselves. It is what it is. We have to stand up. We have to play with courage. We have to win the game and to do that we have to be brave and the players did that straight away.”