Arsenal survive defeat and complicate their task of winning the Premier League title

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Continued Arsenal Premier League leaders bleeding points in the race for the title draw for the third time in a row in the tournament and this round against Southampton bottom of the league 3-3 Friday, after being behind by two goals until the last moments of the match in the opening of the thirty-first phase of the English Football Championship.

Arsenal raised his tally to 75 points, ahead of his direct rival Manchester City by 5 points, but the latter played two games less and hosts it next Wednesday in a summit match at the Etihad Stadium.

Arsenal entered the match hoping to take advantage of the absence of Manchester City from this round because of his preoccupation with playing his match against Sheffield United in the semi-finals of the English Cup on Saturday, especially that Southampton occupies the last place and is threatened by the specter of relegation.

But Southampton led 3-1 until the 88th minute before Arsenal responded with two goals that gave him one point, and Arsenal had also squandered four points in his last two games in the league, as he advanced on Liverpool 2-2 in the last home before settling for a 2-<> draw, and then repeated the same scenario where he advanced with two clean early goals against neighbors West Ham before the latter snatched the equalizer.