Charlie Austin shattered Arsenal’s 22-game unbeaten run as the Southampton striker punished a howler from Gunners goalkeeper Bernd Leno to seal a shock 3-2 win on Sunday.
Austin settled a thrilling Premier League clash at St. Mary’s when he headed home with just five minutes left after Leno misjudged Shane Long’s cross.
Southampton had twice taken the lead through Danny Ings, only for Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s brace to draw Arsenal level on each occasion. It was Arsenal’s first defeat in 15 league games and brought a stunning halt to its longest unbeaten run in all competitions since 2007.
Unai Emery's fifth placed team hadn’t lost since a 3-2 defeat at Chelsea in August and the north Londoners’ first setback since the summer leaves them two points behind the fourth placed Blues, who won at Brighton.
Meanwhile in Serie A, Cristiano Ronaldo scored from the spot as unbeaten Italian champion Juventus saw off city rival Torino 1-0 to hammer home its domination of the league.
Ronaldo slotted in his 11th league goal this season, and 5,000th for Juventus in Serie A, after 70 minutes after Torino goalkeeper Salvador Ichazo fouled Mario Mandzukic.
The results:
Premier League: Brighton 1 (March 66) lost to Chelsea 2 (Pedro 17, Hazard 33); Southampton 3 (Ings 20, 44, Austin 85) bt Arsenal 2 (Mkhitaryan 28, 53).
La Liga: Sevilla 2 (Banega 55-pen, Sarabia 64) bt Girona 0.
Serie A: SPAL 0 drew with Chievo 0.
Saturday: Premier League: Fulham 0 lost to West Ham 2 (Snodgrass 17, Antonio 29).
La Liga: Real Madrid 1 (Benzema 13) bt Rayo Vallecano 0; Eibar 1 (56-pen) drew with Valencia 1 (Rodrigo 29).
Serie A: Inter Milan 1 (Icardi 76-pen) bt Udinese 0; Torino 0 lost to Juventus 1 (Ronaldo 70-pen).
Bundesliga: Augsburg 1 (Gregoritsch 13) drew with Schalke 04 1 (Caligiuri 53); Fortuna Dusseldorf 2 (Ayhan 55, 79) bt SC Freiburg 0; Borussia Dortmund 2 (Alcacer 18, Reus 27) bt Werder Bremen 1 (Kruse 35).
