Everton captain Wayne Rooney has scored for the first time in a Merseyside derby with a late penalty to take an unlikely point in a 1-1 draw against Liverpool at Anfield.
With the snow swirling, Rooney sent the 77th-minute spot kick straight down the middle after Dominic Calvert-Lewin went down following a push in the back by Croatian defender Dejan Lovren.
Mohamed Salah had earlier fired Liverpool ahead with a 42nd-minute stunner that sent the Egyptian clear of Tottenham Hotspur's England striker Harry Kane as the league's top marksman with 13 goals this season.
Earlier, substitute Olivier Giroud rescued Arsenal with a late equaliser after Southampton had looked like taking all three Premier League points.
France international Giroud, who came off the bench in the 72nd minute to replace compatriot Alexandre Lacazette, made it 1-1 in the 88th minute with a glancing header into the bottom right corner.
Until then Arsenal had been staring at a second successive league defeat, after a stinging 3-1 loss to Manchester United the previous weekend.
The Gunners moved up to fifth place.
Southampton had made a dream start with Charlie Austin grabbing his fourth goal in four league games with a third- minute shot past Petr Cech after being fed through by Dusan Tadic.
But with two minutes left Alexis Sanchez curled a cross into the area and Giroud rose above Virgil van Dijk to guide his header inside the far post.
If the draw remained a lost opportunity for the Gunners, the goal at least staved off a second successive league defeat after a stinging 3-1 loss to Manchester United at the Emirates last weekend.
"Last week had an influence on today's game," Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, whose side played in the Europa League on Thursday, told Sky Sports.
"They wanted to start strong but it took us time to get into the game again," added the manager, who criticised the amount of time-wasting in the match.
"I think he (Giroud) has come back into a very good shape, he's shown that today again. He's mentally extremely strong as well. It's a remarkable achievement what he has done again today."
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