Arsenal 0-2 Southampton - Match report

First-half goals from Jordy Clasie and Ryan Bertrand were enough to knock a much-changed Arsenal side out of the EFL Cup.

Clasie gave Emi Martinez no chance from 20 yards inside the opening quarter of an hour, and near the end of a fairly uneventful first half, Bertrand forced home the second from the edge of the box.

Arsenal improved after the interval, repeatedly getting at the Southampton defence, but Fraser Forster proved a difficult hurdle to overcome.

So Arsenal's cup run, as well as the unbeaten run which had stretched back to the opening day of the season, is over.

Setting the scene

A place in the last four of the League Cup – for the first time since 2011 – was the prize if Arsenal…