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Arsenal fans will forever rue their 2015/16 season in the Premier League.

In a year famed for the fairytale triumph of Leicester City, the Gunners were left to wonder what could have been after finishing in second place and having beaten the Foxes home and away.

But alas, sloppy results in the second half of the season opened the door for Leicester to pull away and prevent Arsene Wenger from securing what would have been a poetic fourth Premier League title.

Arsenal’s 2015/16 season

Despite securing 20 wins to finish above Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool, Arsenal also racked up more than double the amount of losses that the eventual champions did.

Wenger’s men came up short against West Ham United, Swansea City and West Bromwich Albion as well as losing twice against Chelsea despite the Blues finishing the season in 10th.

However, of all the crushing defeats that ultimately derailed Arsenal’s title challenge, perhaps none of them were more devastating than the 4-0 drubbing that they suffered away to Southampton.

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Southampton 4-0 Arsenal

The Gunners were sitting pretty at the Premier League summit just a few days before their trip to the St. Mary’s Stadium, but such a humiliating defeat on the south coast marked the beginning of the end for their title charge.

Shane Long nabbed himself a second-half brace and Jose Fonte popped up with a goal in a truly sorry performance from Arsenal, but it was the opening strike that was particularly note-worthy.

That’s because Cuco Martina opened the floodgates with what proved to be his only goal for the Saints and it just happened to be one of the most aesthetically-pleasing in Premier League history.

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With less than 20 minutes on the clock, the Dutch full-back kicked off Arsenal’s capitulation with an outrageous strike past Petr Cech after the ball had been headed away by Per Mertesacker.

Martina used the outside of his right boot to make the perfect connection with replays showing just how physics-bending the strike’s trajectory really was, so be sure to check it out down below:

GIVEMESPORT’s Kobe Tong says

I’m wagering that Martina’s strike is right up there with the Premier League’s most aesthetically-pleasing goals.

You know, where the circumstances, angles, connection and even the sound of the shot all marry perfectly together to concoct a goal that makes you just want to spam the ‘replay’ button over and over again. 

Now, don’t get me wrong, Jack Wilshere’s team goal vs Norwich City and Luis Suarez’s superglue goal against Newcastle United are up there too, but come on, just look at the curve on Martina’s strike.

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It’s in the same school of aesthetically-pleasing brilliance as Benjamin Pavard’s goal at the 2018 World Cup and Samuel Umtiti’s unstoppable volley for Lyon at White Hart Lane.

But even if you don’t think that Martina’s wonder goal is the most jaw-dropping and salivating strike in Premier League history, don’t pretend as though you don’t want to watch it back one more time.

Well, unless you’re an Arsenal fan, of course.

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Learn more about versatile defender Cuco Martina, who has joined Southampton on a two-year contract from Dutch side FC Twente.

Born in Rotterdam on 25th September 1989, Rhuendly Martina, also known as Cuco Martina, is a Curaçao international who plays as a full-back.

Martina’s two brothers, Derwin and Javier, both play their football in Holland, with Derwin having represented Curaçao alongside his sibling.

Martina’s football career began with RBC Roosendaal in 2008. Playing in the second division of Dutch football, Martina made 68 league appearances for the club, scoring twice.

At the end of the 2010/11 season, RBC went bankrupt and Martina left the club who had been relegated to the lowest tier of Dutch football. He was handed the chance to impress at RKC Waalwijk and earned himself a three-year contract in July 2011.

It was with RKC that he was handed his international debut. The defender was named in the national team of Curaçao for the first time in September 2011 by then-coach Manuel Bilches.

Martina won his first cap on 3rd September 2011, playing the full 90 minutes as Curaçao lost 5-2 to Antigua and Barbuda in a 2014 World Cup qualifying game.

The defender played alongside his brother Javier in a friendly defeat to Antigua and Barbuda in October 2011. He most recently represented his country in June, captaining Curaçao in a 0-0 draw with Cuba.

During his first season with RKC, Martina made 23 appearances in the Eredivisie but was unable to secure European football for his new club as they lost 5-2 to Vitesse in the play-offs for the Europa League.

Martina was a permanent fixture for RKC, who were then managed by Erwin Koeman, Saints’ First Team Assistant Manager, during the 2012/13 campaign. He played in every game, and scored once, as they finished 14th in the table.

His form saw him earn a move to FC Twente, who would finish third in 2013/14, but his first season with the club was split between 16 first-team appearances and 11 games for Jong FC Twente – the club’s reserve side.

Martina played alongside Saints midfielder Dušan Tadić during his first year with the club.

Last season, Martina played all but two of Twente’s league matches, as they finished tenth in the table, suffering a three-point deduction for failing to meet the league’s financial standards.

He also captained the club in Europa League qualifying, but could not prevent his side being knocked out on away goals to Qarabag.

The 25 year-old arrives at St Mary’s to becomes the first-ever Curaçao international to play for Saints and the second to play in the Premier League.