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Arsenal have travelled to Portugal with the aim of keeping their Champions League dream alive‚ after Mikel Arteta's side endured back-to-back disappointments in domestic cup competitions. The Gunners were hoping to respond to their Carabao Cup final defeat in the FA Cup on Saturday‚ but were stunningly beaten 2-1 by Championship side Southampton in the last eight. Defeat has piled more pressure onto their Champions League campaign‚ with Arteta's side hoping to maintain their unbeaten record in this season's competition when they face Sporting Lisbon.
Mikel Arteta's unorthodox training methods reached a new level on Monday‚ as Arsenal players were seen completing a host of bizarre drills. During his tenure as manager‚ Arteta has been known to implement unique or unorthodox strategies in an effort to get the best out of his players‚ having once hired pickpockets to promote situational awareness. And now‚ following back-to-back defeats to Manchester City and Southampton - in the Carabao Cup final and FA Cup quarter-final respectively - the Spaniard appears to have shaken things up.
Gary Lineker has pinpointed Arsenal's mass withdrawal from international football last week as a 'signal of panic'‚ after the Gunners were stunned by Southampton in the FA Cup quarter-finals on Saturday night. The Premier League leaders were beaten 2-1 by the Championship side‚ with Shea Charles netting a dramatic winner five minutes from time to secure a spot in the semi-finals against the odds. It was Arsenal's second consecutive defeat in all competitions‚ after they lost in the Carabao Cup final to Manchester City before the international break‚ meaning their dreams of an unprecedented quadruple have been crushed.
WEMBLEY AWAITS! FA Cup semi-final draw in full as Man City‚ Chelsea‚ Leeds and Southampton discover their opponents in final four
The fallout of Arsenal's surprising FA Cup quarter-final exit at Southampton on Saturday night has continued‚ with some of their supporters fearing the worst for the rest of the season. The Gunners suffered a 2-1 defeat on the south coast with Shea Charles' 85th-minute winner seeing the Championship side progress to the FA Cup semi-finals. Arsenal have now suffered back-to-back defeats in all competitions‚ either side of last month's international break‚ having lost 2-0 in the Carabao Cup final to Manchester City at Wembley.
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OLIVER HOLT AT ST MARY'S STADIUM: A beautiful story is unfolding on the south coast of England. Fifty years after their team of second tier underdogs pulled off one of the biggest shocks in FA Cup history by beating Manchester United in the final‚ Southampton are threatening to do it again. Their new incarnation of second tier underdogs are following match-winner Bobby Stokes and his teammates of 1976 into folklore by making it back to Wembley for the semi-finals half a century later. This time‚ their top tier victims were an Arsenal team whose season is shrinking. Until a fortnight ago‚ they were in pursuit of the Quadruple but they were humbled by City in the Carabao Cup a fortnight ago and last night they fell victim to one of the biggest giant-killings of the season in the competition's quarter-finals.
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Follow Daily Mail Sport's live blog for the latest score‚ team news and updates as Arsenal take on Southampton at the St Mary's Stadium in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup‚ with Oliver Holt reporting from the ground.
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