When Aaron Ramsdale swapped warming the bench at Arsenal for a relegation battle with Southampton, even the England goalkeeper couldn’t have imagined it would be this bad. Another defeat – a 15th in 19 Premier League games – was especially hard to take after Tyler Dibling had given them a surprise lead to end a four‑match wait to score a goal and their first under the new manager, Ivan Juric.
But while Ramsdale was angered by the decision not to disallow Trevoh Chalobah’s equaliser for a perceived push on the Southampton goalkeeper, it was only a string of fine saves that kept the scoreline respectable as Palace secured only a second home victory of the campaign thanks to Eberechi Eze’s brilliant winner.
