He Arsenal he rescued three gold points for what is to come. Mikel Arteta’s team managed to make the difference in stoppage time, beat Aston Villa 4-2, ended a three-game winless streak and continues to lead the Premier League. He Dibu Martinez y Emiliano Buendia They were starters in the local team.
The two teams came to the game with something in common, they came from losing to the Manchester City by 3 to 1 and sought to change the face of the team. emotions came early: In the first, Ollie Watkins was set up for the left sector of the villainous attack, he entered the area and defined the cross to open the scoring and wake up all the fans present. Four consecutive game with a goal for the English striker
But the pointer was not going to give up so easily. First a warning from Ben White, who defined on Dibu and they saved it on the line, although the play was annulled due to offside. It would also be a warning of what was to come. A center from the right a bad clearance from Tyrone Mings who headed into the middle of the area and Bukayo Saka grabbed the ball squarely and broke Martínez’s goal, who could do little to avoid equality.
In a closed process of the game, Unai Emery’s men achieved the advantage again thanks to Coutinho. From a collective play, the ball reached Alex Moreno who gave a low intern to the area, Buendía let it pass and the Brazilian defined Ramsdale’s right post, which he threw to the other side. Without major inconveniences, they went to rest 2 to 1.
Already in the second half, Arteta’s men came out to change their luck. After a couple of situations, at the exit of a corner, Zinchenko shot from the edge of the area to the near post of the Argentine goalkeeper to restore parity: 2-2. Network debut for the Ukrainian at his new club. Immediately, Saka was able to turn the score around, but the ball went over the arc.
Unai Emery moved the bench to look for an answer from his team -among those sacrificed, Emiliano Buendía came out-, but he was unable to take advantage of his chances. To top it off, fate played a trick on Emiliano Martínez: in the second minute of stoppage time, Jorginho unleashed a saber shot that hit the crossbar, the ball bounced off the head of the Argentine one and went into the goal.
Desperate, Villa went out to look for the tie at the last breath. El Dibu went up to head, but the center was passed, those from London shot back and enabled Gabriel Martinelli who, in a career similar to that of Pity Martínez in the 2018 Copa Libertadores final, scored the goal with an empty bow: 4 to 2 and the end of the game.
With this result, Arsenal reached 54 points and momentarily took three ahead of Manchester City, who this Saturday plays with Nottingham Forest. For his part, Aston Villa added their third consecutive defeat in the championship and remains in 11th position with 28 units. The next date, Arteta’s men will visit Leicester and Emery’s men will play with Everton.