Premier League Arsenal vs Aston Villa: Arsenal back to winning ways, defeat Aston Villa 3-1 to enter the top half of the table: Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal is back to winning ways as the Gunners have taken down Aston Villa to enter the top half of the table. Thomas Partey opened the scoring in the 23rd minute and Aubameyang doubled the lead at the end of the 1st half. Emile Smith Rowe gave Arsenal a 3-goals cushion in the 56th minute. However, Arsenal failed to grab a clean sheet as Jacob Ramsey scored a brilliantly placed shot in the top right in the 82nd minute. It was too late to even think of a comeback.
Thomas Partey opened the scoring for Arsenal in the 23rd minute following a corner kick, striking from close range after Emile Smith Rowe’s corner fell to him in front of goal.
Arsenal got a justified second in stoppage time when Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang put back his own rebound after Emiliano Martinez saved the first spot-kick following a Matt Target foul in the area.
Aubameyang’s clever flick sprang Smith Rowe for Arsenal’s third, the England international making the most of a chance on the counter-attack with his shot beating Martinez thanks in part to a deflection off the boot of Villa’s Tyrone Mings.
Aston Villa pulled one back just after 80 minutes as Jacob Ramsey curled home a beauty from 18 yards out when the ball fell to him at the top of the penalty area, but a true comeback was already out of reach and Mikel Arteta’s side saw out the match to earn all three points.
The result lifted Arsenal up to ninth place in the table, having secured 14 points from nine games thus far this campaign, while Villa is stuck in 13th on 10 points.
