Austin: 'Saints have to go to war'
18th in the league, Southampton find themselves in unfamiliar territory. After a disappointing defeat at the Emirates, Charlie Austin spoke out on the 'war' his side have to fight in to stay afloat.
Charlie Austin was back to his scoring ways for the Saints on Sunday, but his goal ended up as a simple consolation as his side lost 3-2 to Arsenal. Now, the striker is more than aware of the battle for survival Southampton face.
"We need to grow up as men," Austin said after the game. "We can't believe we are down there but that is our own doing. We need to get ourselves out of this situation. If we put in performances like that we will get points but we are running out of games," he continued.
Saints, who have struggled to find the net recently, scored twice against the Gunners. For Austin, there's reason to be optimistic: "Last week I didn't see a path to safety but I do now. We have to go to war now."
"Performances like today will help our confidence. We have no fear, we will give it a go and you can see there is plenty of fight in the team," added the No. 10.