Ralph Hasenhuttl’s attention is on moving up the table rather than merely reaching the 40-point mark when Southampton look to compound Arsenal’s woes. Victory on Thursday would take Southampton level with Mikel Arteta’s Gunners on 40 points – a remarkable feat for a side humbled 9-0 at home by Leicester in October – but safety is not enough for their Austrian head coach. “We want to take as much points as possible in the last eight games,” Hasenhuttl said. “It was an important game,” Hasenhuttl said. “We went to a back four for the first time and had a very good game against an opponent who only equalised in overtime so we took just one point.

Source: Irish Independent June 24, 2020 13:41 UTC