Dhe Arsenal FC has achieved an important success in the race for the English football championship. At Aston Villa with former Arsenal coach Unai Emery, the Gunners fought back 4-2 (1-2) after falling behind twice on Saturday and also ended their series of three Premier League games without a win thanks to a curious goal in added time .
New signing Jorginho shot the ball against the post in the turbulent final phase, from where it hit Villa’s Argentinian world champion goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez in the head – own goal (90th minute +3)! Minutes later, Gabriel Martinelli (90+8) maneuvered the ball into the empty Villa goal after Martinez hadn’t run back into the goal from a corner on the other side.
Arsenal are top of the table again
Before the eyes of Hollywood star and Villa fan Tom Hanks, Ollie Watkins (5th minute) and former Liverpool professional Philippe Coutinho (31st) gave the strong hosts the lead twice. However, Arsenal equalized at Villa Park through Bukayo Saka (16′) and Alexander Zinchenko (61′).
After Eddie Nketiah and Martin Ödegaard had missed good chances for Arsenal in the high-class game, the Londoners were still able to celebrate in the end. Bitter for Villa: Just before that, Leon Bailey had missed the chance to take the lead when Aaron Ramsale deflected his shot to the crossbar.
Three days after the 3-1 home defeat in the catch-up game against Manchester City, Arsenal pushed their direct competitor City off the top of the table, at least for a short time. Immediately after the final whistle in Birmingham, Arsenal had 54 points after 21 games, while the Cityzens had 51 points after the same number of games played.
