Southampton coach Mauricio Pochettino has backed goalkeeper Artur Boruc following his sensational error against Arsenal on Saturday. The Poland international, whoalso conceded a bizarre own goal against Stoke City earlier this season, tried to dribble clear of Olivier Giroud a few times but was ultimately dispossessed as the striker tapped theball into the empty net midway through the first half of the Gunners’ 2-0 win.
“We want to support our keeper in spite of this mistake, these things happen,” the Argentine coach saidafter the match. Southampton had come into the game in third-place thanks to one of the best defensive records in the league. Pochettino added: “When it goes well we receive compliments, when itdoesn’t — as today — we get negative comments. But that’s how we play and we want to continue because it brings us results. I’m clearly unhappy with the result and the way we lost as well, but thisis football. We competed until the last minute and that’s the positive. We tried our best.”
Giroud wrapped up Arsenal’s win with a penalty four minutes from time after JoseFonte was penalized for pulling the shirt of Per Mertesacker in the area.