Piers Morgan reflected the mood of every Arsenal fan following their FA Cup defeat against Southampton by rejecting talkSPORT’s invitation to discuss another major setback.

Mikel Arteta’s men suffered an almighty shock at St Mary’s on Saturday evening as the Championship play-off hopefuls’ intensity and courage paid dividends in a famous 2-1 quarter-final triumph.

Substitute Shea Charles’ late strike sent Southampton to the semi-finals and left Arsenal with some soul searching as the shock defeat compounded their Carabao Cup final loss to Manchester City a fortnight ago.

The Gunners will attempt to get back to winning ways in Lisbon in Tuesday’s Champions League quarter-final first leg against Sporting, before the runaway league leaders host Bournemouth in a key game on Saturday.

While there is still plenty to play for over the course of the next six weeks, the feeling of losing momentum as the finish line approaches is all too familiar for a fanbase who have read this script before.

And Celebrity super fan Mogan, who was already left with egg on his face after he was mocked by Southampton’s X account having delighted in the fact Arsenal were drawn against lower league opposition last month, was...