{"id":314207,"date":"2026-04-06T10:08:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T04:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=314207"},"modified":"2026-04-06T10:08:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T04:38:53","slug":"piers-morgan-says-id-quite-shoot-myself-than-speak-about-arsenal-fa-cup-shock-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/06\/piers-morgan-says-id-quite-shoot-myself-than-speak-about-arsenal-fa-cup-shock-football\/","title":{"rendered":"Piers Morgan says ‘I’d quite shoot myself’ than speak about Arsenal FA Cup shock | Football"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Southampton caused a serious upset by beating Arsenal within the FA Cup (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Piers Morgan reflected the mood of each Arsenal fan following their FA Cup defeat against Southampton by rejecting talkSPORT\u2019s invitation to debate one other major setback. <\/p>\n

Mikel Arteta\u2019s men suffered an almighty shock at St Mary\u2019s on Saturday evening because the Championship play-off hopefuls\u2019 intensity and courage paid dividends in a famous 2-1 quarter-final triumph.<\/p>\n

Substitute Shea Charles\u2019 late strike sent Southampton to the semi-finals and left\u00a0Arsenal<\/strong>\u00a0with some soul searching because the shock defeat compounded their Carabao Cup final loss to Manchester City a fortnight ago.<\/p>\n

The Gunners will try to get back to winning ways in Lisbon in Tuesday\u2019s Champions League quarter-final first leg against Sporting, before the runaway league leaders host Bournemouth in a key game on Saturday.<\/p>\n

While there continues to be plenty to play for over the course of the subsequent six weeks, the sensation of losing momentum because the finish line approaches is all too familiar for a fanbase who’ve read this script before. <\/p>\n

And Celebrity super fan Mogan, who was already left with egg on his face after he was mocked by Southampton\u2019s X account having delighted in the actual fact Arsenal were drawn against lower league opposition last month, was unwilling to face the music when asked to hitch talkSPORT\u2019s breakfast show hosts Ray Parlour and Jamie O\u2019Hara for a debrief. <\/p>\n

\u2018I just can\u2019t face it,\u2019 wrote Morgan above a screenshot of a WhatsApp conversation which he ended with a response which read \u2018I\u2019d quite shoot myself\u2019.<\/p>\n

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Piers Morgan didn’t take Arsenal\u2019s defeat well (Picture: X)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While it’d take Morgan time to come back to terms with events on the south coast, experienced midfielder Christian Norgaard is confident he and his teammates will produce an instantaneous response. <\/p>\n

The message is to have a positive body language, to speak along with your team-mates, with the coaching staff.<\/p>\n

\u2018Now shouldn’t be the time to go together with our heads down for too long,\u2019 said the Denmark international.<\/p>\n

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Southampton will play at Wembley within the FA Cup semi-final (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2018It\u2019s tremendous to be frustrated tonight and in addition tomorrow to analyse what went improper, but then we also should look forward because there are such a lot of big games coming up for this club.\u2019<\/p>\n

Arsenal must shake off their first back-to-back defeats of the season to avoid further damage to what has until recently been a memorable campaign.<\/p>\n

\u2018Disappointing evening,\u2019 Norgaard told club media. \u2018All of us had our hopes high to win and return to Wembley, but yeah, that\u2019s not the case.<\/p>\n

\u2018Sorry to disappoint so many travelling fans, they created an incredible atmosphere and, yeah, today was not adequate.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Piers Morgan thought Arsenal had been handed an awesome draw (Picture: X)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Injury-disrupted Arsenal only managed to threaten periodically at St Mary\u2019s, where few would argue that the hosts didn’t should progress to Wembley.<\/p>\n

Ross Stewart coolly struck Saints ahead and Leo Scienza hit the crossbar shortly before Viktor Gyokeres levelled, just for super sub Charles to spark bedlam with a tremendous finish five minutes from time.<\/p>\n

Goalscorer, and boyhood Arsenal fan, Stewart said: \u2018It\u2019s just pure joy and elation, an incredible night for the club to beat a team of Arsenal\u2019s calibre in the way that we did.<\/p>\n

\u2018I believed we were excellent. It\u2019s an incredible night for the club and there have been some good celebrations within the dressing room \u2013 we\u2019ll enjoy tonight.<\/p>\n

\u2018It\u2019s an awesome occasion to stay up for, but we\u2019ve got a number of league business that we\u2019ve got to deal with, and the gaffer has just reinforced that \u2013 starting Tuesday we\u2019ve got to be able to go for an additional tough game.\u2019<\/p>\n

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