{"id":1129,"date":"2026-04-08T11:15:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T11:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/?p=1129"},"modified":"2026-04-08T11:15:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T11:15:12","slug":"alan-shearer-reveals-what-would-worry-him-as-an-arsenal-fan-after-fa-cup-quarter-final-defeat-at-southampton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/?p=1129","title":{"rendered":"Alan Shearer reveals what would &#8216;worry&#8217; him as an Arsenal fan after FA Cup quarter-final defeat at Southampton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-content\" data-postid=\"5149818\" data-slug-id=\"2763241\">\n<div class=\"vidazoo-player-container\">\n<span class=\"vidazoo-close-btn  hidden \"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/cmc-predictor\/v2\/cross-icon.png?w=40\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" alt=\"close\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>England great Alan Shearer has revealed that Arsenal&#8217;s lack of energy and effort in their recent 2-1 FA Cup quarter-final loss at Southampton is a cause for worry.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this Saturday (April 4), the Gunners returned to action at St. Mary&#8217;s Stadium and slumped to a second straight defeat. Viktor Gyokeres scored the north London outfit&#8217;s only goal in the 68th minute, with Ross Stewart and Shea Charles scoring a goal each for the hosts.<\/p>\n<p><template id=\"template__newsletter-inline-banner-form-combo-widget\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<p><img id=\"subscribe-img\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Thanks for the submission!\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<p>During a recent episode of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=m-sAUcVNknY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">The Rest Is Football<\/a> podcast, Shearer asserted that the Gunners have suffered a major dip in form after losing their latest EFL Cup and FA Cup clashes. He said:<\/p>\n<p><template id=\"also-read-articles-template\"><\/p>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Definitely a wobble for Arsenal. I thought they were really poor (against Southampton). It&#8217;s understandable (after) you&#8217;ve gone to Wembley and got beat by Manchester City. But then you&#8217;re looking for a reaction. The lack of reaction would worry me if I was an Arsenal fan. There was nothing there and they were really poor.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Shearer also claimed that Arsenal had fielded a team good enough to win their FA Cup quarter-final tie at Southampton, saying:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;There was mistake after mistake after mistake, particularly in defence. They had a pretty strong team out there. We&#8217;ve all been saying how great their squad is all season and it should have been enough to beat Southampton. Take nothing away from Southampton, they were fantastic from start to finish. They won every tackle, every second ball, deserved to go through.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>During their trip to St. Mary&#8217;s Stadium, Mikel Arteta&#8217;s side relished 64% possession and registered 23 shots. But, they only managed to create one big chance and just 1.61 xG against the EFL Championship outfit. <\/p>\n<p>The Gunners will next be in action against Primeira Liga giants Sporting CP in their UEFA Champions League quarter-final first leg clash on Tuesday. They will take on Bournemouth in the Premier League on April 11.<\/p>\n<h2>Arsenal eye move for 19-year-old<\/h2>\n<p>According to Sky Sports (h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/lists\/eur70-million-demanded-arsenal-reportedly-keen-on-bundesliga-rising-star\/blt3ac763679cbde243\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">GOAL<\/a>), Arsenal are hoping to sign Bayer Leverkusen forward Christian Kofane in the future. They could have to dish out a sum between \u00a352 million and \u00a361 million to rope in the Cameroonian.<\/p>\n<p>Kofane, 19, is relishing a brilliant maiden campaign at Leverkusen after leaving La Liga 2 side Albacete last summer. He has scored seven goals and registered eight assists in 40 overall outings for his current club so far.<\/p>\n<p>The towering striker&#8217;s current contract will expire in June 2029.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-post-rating-widget\">\n<p><template id=\"post-rating-feedback-modal-template\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-rating-feedback-feedback-box\">\n<div class=\"post-rating-feedback-content\">\n<div class=\"post-rating-feedback-data\">\n<p>Why did you not like this content?<\/p>\n<p><textarea id=\"dislike-feedback-text\" rows=\"4\" placeholder=\"Please type your feedback...\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<button class=\"close\">Cancel<\/button><br \/>\n<button class=\"submit\">Submit<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-rating-widget-parent hidden\">\n<div class=\"rating-parent-container\">\n<div class=\"rating-content-holder\">\n<p>Was this article helpful?<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-rating-action-container\">\n<div class=\"like-container\">\n<button class=\"post-rating-like-button post-rating-button\" data-action=\"like\" title=\"like article\"><br \/>\n<img class=\"post-like-image post-rating-image\" data-lazy=\"\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/like-articles\/upvote-icon-grey.svg\" height=\"20\" width=\"20\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"like selected\"\/><br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dislike-container\">\n<button class=\"post-rating-dislike-button post-rating-button\" data-action=\"dislike\" title=\"dislike article\"><br \/>\n<img class=\"post-dis-like-image post-rating-image\" data-lazy=\"\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/like-articles\/upvote-icon-grey.svg\" height=\"20\" width=\"20\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"avatar selected\"\/><br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Thank You for feedback\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<span class=\"publisher-name\">Edited by Debkalpa Banerjee<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>England great Alan Shearer has revealed that Arsenal&#8217;s lack of energy and effort in their<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1130,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}