Arsenal opened February with an emphatic 7-1 victory over struggling Blackburn to halt their poor run of league type. Thomas, Lyall (5 February 2016). “Ronald Koeman and Sergio Aguero named Premier League Manager and Player of the Month”. Leitch, Adam (14 May 2016). “Southampton striker Shane Long has won the Daily Echo Player of the Season award”. On 15 May 2016, of their ultimate recreation of the season, Southampton beat Crystal Palace 4-1 at St Mary’s Stadium. In May Arsenal beat Derby County 1-zero to return to first spot, after Manchester United recorded three points towards Aston Villa. Bromby made his Wednesday debut the next season; on 23 December 2000 as substitute in a 1-0 dwelling defeat to Wolverhampton Wanderers. Two years and a day later, he scored his next international purpose, the consolation in a 2-1 friendly defeat to France on the Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux, Serbia’s a centesimal match as an impartial nation. Two days later, Southampton lost 2-1 at West Ham United, lacking out on the possibility to maneuver as much as ninth in the desk. Penalties regarded inevitable. Then Andy Linighan struck within the last minute when he met Paul Merson’s nook with a header, which Woods obtained two palms to, but couldn’t keep out.

Pellè scored again to place the Saints up in the fourth minute, with Sadio Mané doubling his aspect’s lead only a minute before the tip of the match. Aubameyang made his European debut for Arsenal, within the 4-2 home win over Vorskla Poltava, scoring two targets, earlier than being substituted for Mesut Özil in the 57th minute. On 10 March, the match between Manchester City and Arsenal, attributable to be performed the subsequent day, was postponed after numerous Arsenal gamers made shut contact with Olympiacos proprietor Evangelos Marinakis, who had tested optimistic for infection with the coronavirus, when the 2 groups had met in the Europa League thirteen days earlier. With time winding down and Olympiacos still behind, a moment of frustration from Ousseynou Ba saw the Greek aspect reduced to ten men. Cuco Martina opened the scoring on his first league begin for the club, Shane Long scored the second ten minutes after half time, captain José Fonte scored his second of the season and Long scored a second in harm time to complete the win. Shane Long and Dušan Tadić put the Saints two up in the primary half, though Ashley Westwood pulled one back for the hosts on the stroke of half time.

The entrance of the away kit was divided into two-halves in navy blue and one turquoise, impressed by some of the away kits within the 1990s which featured the same colour scheme. Clayton, Everything Under the Blue Moon, p. Manager Taylor revealed that he’s planning to make use of him because the membership’s first alternative goalkeeper subsequent season and have no intention of signing a new goalkeeper. Fellow winger Ryan Giggs, aged 17 and stated to be the club’s best young prospect since George Best, signed an expert contract in late November, and soon broke into the first team, making two league appearances and scoring one purpose. With one touch he gave himself room to swing his right foot and take a shot previous goalkeeper David James. And PSG punished uncommon slackness on the Gunners near put up at a corner, when David Ginola sneaked in to head the equaliser. Park Ji-sung hit the submit late in the primary half, but Wayne Rooney’s header from Antonio Valencia’s cross gave United the win.

Pereira continued to run downfield, holding off Dani Ceballos and Mohamed Elneny, and just as Gabriel was about to put in a deal with just outdoors the box, he hit a low shot to the far submit simply previous Leno. Salah kicked off scoring in the fifteenth whereas Coutinho scored his first purpose of the season with a beautiful free kick within the twenty third to place Liverpool up 0-2. Right earlier than the halftime whistle, Okazaki acquired Leicester a goal back on a scrambled effort off a corner kick. The Reds wouldn’t cease as Mane added a 3rd within the 56th and Firmino had an eight-minute double to make the lead 5-0. Roma, nonetheless, got two key away goals again via Edin Džeko in the 81st and Diego Perotti from the penalty spot after a James Milner handball within the 85th. Regardless, the Reds walked away with a 5-2 and the driver’s seat of the second leg. On thirteen December, Santi Cazorla scored a brace on his thirtieth birthday as Arsenal recorded a second successive 4-1 win, against Newcastle at Emirates Stadium. Shane Long opened the scoring in the fourth minute, Graziano Pellè doubled the lead before half time, Victor Wanyama scored the third ten minutes after the break, and Andros Townsend scored for the guests ten minutes later.