Rob Holding was mighty proud of making his 100th appearance for Arsenal.

The English centre-back - who was recently awarded a new long-term contract - started in Tuesday's 3-1 win over Southampton.

"We were disappointed to concede from a set-piece and it was something we looked at after the game on Saturday," Holding, who joined Arsenal from Bolton in 2017, told the club's website. "We saw the edge as a weakness of ours and they exploited it, so it's a bitter one to take, but after the weekend we knew we wanted to get them back because they celebrated and we were disappointed to go out of the FA Cup. It was a good bit of revenge.

"We were angry about the weekend's result and we wanted to get back at them, so everyone was fired up for it. We came out the blocks straight away and Laca was unlucky in the first minute straight through on goal. But he got his goal towards the end which made him happy, and his effort and work rate was top today, so he deserved the goal.

"I actually had no idea [about the 100th appearance]. I was going in the tunnel before coming out to do press and Dan told me I had joined the 100 club, so it's a proud moment for me and my family. Here's to another 100!"