FA Cup: Arsenal Thrash Southampton 5-0 FA Cup: Arsenal thrash Southampton 5-0

Theo Walcott’s hat-trick and Danny Welbeck’s brace spurred Arsenal to a gallant victory over Southampton in their FA Cup fourth round clash on Saturday at St. Mary’s Stadium.

Arsene Wenger’s side ruthlessly outclassed the home team as they came crashing down to earth after reaching the EFL Cup final with victory at Liverpool on Wednesday.

Welback, who played for the first time since May, 2016 following a knee surgery, put Arsenal ahead with two goals in the first 22 minutes, and made an assist for the third by Walcott before half-time.

After the break, Alexis Sanchez was brought up as substitute and he created two comfortable finishes Walcott to make it five for the Gunners.

“We were very dynamic, explosive and overall we had a good consistent performance over 90 minutes and everybody played well,” said Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger, who served the first of his four-match touchline ban in the clash.