Arsenal captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang ended his longest run without a Premier League goal to Arsenal to salvage a 1-1 draw against Southampton, ensuring the Gunners avoided losing five straight top-flight home games for the first time in their 134-year history.
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The hosts finished with 10 men for the second straight game after defender Gabriel collected his second booking for fouling Theo Walcott, the former Arsenal winger who had opened the scoring for Southampton in the 18th minute against the team he played for between 2006-18.
Aubameyang equalised with a precise curling finish in the 52nd for his first goal since November 1 - a run of six league games - and first in open play since the opening day of the season.
After Gabriel was sent off in the 62nd, Southampton piled on the pressure - coming closest to scoring when Nathan Redmond hit the post - but Arsenal held firm for a point that might relieve some of the pressure on manager Mikel Arteta, given how the game panned out.
Arsenal could even have nicked all three points, with Rob Holding hitting the crossbar in stoppage time.
A draw will hardly ease the pressure on manager Mikel Arteta, however, with Arsenal's winless league run now stretching to six matches as they remained 15th - their worst start to a league campaign since the 1970s.
Arteta had told his critics "my chest is here, hit me" in accepting the Gunners must "take the bullets" in the wake of their awful form.
Southampton are third, however, with any frustrations over a draw just another sign of the burgeoning confidence under boss Ralph Hasenhuttl.
Everton sent a warning to their top-four rivals after an impressive 2-0 win at Leicester City to go above Chelsea and up to fifth, a spot behind the Foxes.
Richarlison's first Premier League goal for three months and Mason Holgate's maiden top-flight strike, in the second-half, earned the disciplined Toffees victory.
It was Leicester's fourth defeat in seven league games at the King Power Stadium as their home woes threaten to undermine their own European chances.
Meanwhile, Stuart Dallas, Ezgjan Alioski and Jack Harrison struck in the final quarter of an hour as Leeds United rolled Newcastle United 5-2 to go above them on the table to 13th.
The visitors went ahead midway through the first half through Jeff Hendrick, but goals either side of the interval from Patrick Bamford and Rodrigo turned the game on its head.
Ciaran Clark levelled soon after Rodrigo's goal, but Dallas restored Leeds' advantage while swift counter-attacks led to Alioski and Harrison getting on the scoresheet - the latter finding the top corner from 25 yards.
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