Southampton added an impressive win to their already great start to the season as they fought back to defeat Arsenal in their Capital One Cup third-round match. Alexis Sanchez opened the scoring with a splendid free-kick shot but the Saints produced a great comeback. First Dusan Tadic converted a penalty kick and then Nathaniel Clyne sealed the win with a superb strike.

Southampton’s win ends a run of 10 matches without a success against Arsenal in all competitions. Arsenal had won six and drawn four against Southampton since losing 3-2 at St Mary’s in the Premier League in November 2002. Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said after the match: “It’s disappointing because we had a good start and we made two unneeded errors on the two goals – and big ones. We lacked a bit of experience at the back, but overall they did well. We gave a lot and it’s frustrating not to be able to score in the second half.

Southampton manager Ronald Koeman said: “I’m very proud, because winning away against Arsenal, that means a lot. Everybody spoke about the changes of the Arsenal team. I think they made some changes but they took it very seriously. I think the game was on a very high level, with high tempo, and I enjoyed it. We tried to press and tried to play attractive, offensive, and that’s not easy, because they have a great team, great players.”

With Arsenal out of contention, Chelsea are the favourites to win the League Cup this season, they are 7/2 to clinch the trophy according to Bet365 while Southampton are 10/1 to win it.