Aston Villa 2-4 Arsenal: Stoppage-time goals send Gunners top of Premier League

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JorginhoJorginho scored his archetypal extremity for Arsenal

Arsenal scored doubly successful stoppage clip to triumph a six-goal thriller astatine Aston Villa and instrumentality to the apical of the Premier League.

Villa doubly went up done Ollie Watkins and Philippe Coutinho successful the archetypal half.

They were pegged backmost by goals from Bukayo Saka and Oleksandr Zinchenko either broadside of the break, earlier Arsenal sealed triumph successful a melodramatic finish.

Mikel Arteta's broadside ended a tally of 3 games without a triumph to ascent backmost supra Manchester City aft decision to them successful midweek.

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Aston Villa

  1. Squad number1Player nameE Martínez

  2. Squad number2Player nameCash

  3. Squad number4Player nameKonsa

  4. Squad number5Player nameMings

  5. Squad number15Player nameÁlex Moreno

  6. Squad number7Player nameMcGinn

  7. Squad number6Player nameDouglas Luiz

  8. Squad number44Player nameKamara

  9. Squad number23Player namePhilippe Coutinho

  10. Squad number10Player nameBuendía

  11. Squad number11Player nameWatkins

  1. Squad number22Player nameDurán

  2. Squad number27Player nameDigne

  3. Squad number31Player nameBailey

  4. Squad number32Player nameDendoncker

  5. Squad number41Player nameJ Ramsey

Arsenal

  1. Squad number1Player nameRamsdale

  2. Squad number4Player nameWhite

  3. Squad number12Player nameSaliba

  4. Squad number6Player nameGabriel Magalhães

  5. Squad number35Player nameZinchenko

  6. Squad number8Player nameØdegaard

  7. Squad number20Player nameJorginho

  8. Squad number34Player nameXhaka

  9. Squad number7Player nameSaka

  10. Squad number14Player nameNketiah

  11. Squad number19Player nameTrossard

  1. Squad number3Player nameTierney

  2. Squad number11Player nameGabriel Martinelli

  3. Squad number16Player nameHolding

  4. Squad number18Player nameTomiyasu

  5. Squad number21Player nameFábio Vieira

Line-ups

Aston Villa

Formation 4-4-2

  • 1E MartínezBooked astatine 84mins
  • 2Cash
  • 4Konsa
  • 5Mings
  • 15Moreno LoperaSubstituted forDigneat 78'minutes
  • 7McGinn
  • 6Douglas LuizBooked astatine 45minsSubstituted forDendonckerat 67'minutes
  • 44Kamara
  • 23CoutinhoSubstituted forJ Ramseyat 62'minutes
  • 10BuendíaSubstituted forBaileyat 67'minutes
  • 11WatkinsSubstituted forDuránat 78'minutes

Substitutes

  • 9Traoré
  • 16Chambers
  • 18Young
  • 22Durán
  • 27Digne
  • 31Bailey
  • 32Dendoncker
  • 38Sinisalo
  • 41J Ramsey

Arsenal

Formation 4-3-3

  • 1Ramsdale
  • 4WhiteSubstituted forTomiyasuat 79'minutes
  • 12Saliba
  • 6Gabriel
  • 35ZinchenkoSubstituted forTierneyat 90+3'minutes
  • 8ØdegaardSubstituted forHoldingat 90+4'minutes
  • 20Jorginho
  • 34XhakaSubstituted forFábio Vieiraat 79'minutes
  • 7SakaBooked astatine 45mins
  • 14Nketiah
  • 19TrossardSubstituted forMartinelliat 68'minutes

Substitutes

  • 3Tierney
  • 10Smith Rowe
  • 11Martinelli
  • 15Kiwior
  • 16Holding
  • 18Tomiyasu
  • 21Fábio Vieira
  • 24Nelson
  • 30Turner

Referee:Simon Hooper

Attendance:42,066

Live Text

  1. Match ends, Aston Villa 2, Arsenal 4.

  2. Second Half ends, Aston Villa 2, Arsenal 4.

  3. Goal! Aston Villa 2, Arsenal 4. Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal) close footed changeable from the centre of the container to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Fábio Vieira with a done shot pursuing a accelerated break.

  4. Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by William Saliba.

  5. Substitution, Arsenal. Rob Holding replaces Martin Ødegaard.

  6. Substitution, Arsenal. Kieran Tierney replaces Oleksandr Zinchenko.

  7. Own Goal by Emiliano Martínez, Aston Villa. Aston Villa 2, Arsenal 3.

  8. Jorginho (Arsenal) hits the barroom with a close footed changeable from extracurricular the box. Assisted by Gabriel Martinelli.

  9. Attempt saved. Jhon Durán (Aston Villa) close footed changeable from the close broadside of the container is saved successful the apical near corner. Assisted by Jacob Ramsey.

  10. Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by John McGinn.

  11. Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.

  12. Foul by Leon Bailey (Aston Villa).

  13. Delay over. They are acceptable to continue.

  14. Delay successful lucifer due to the fact that of an wounded Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa).

  15. Gabriel Magalhães (Arsenal) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.

  16. Foul by Jhon Durán (Aston Villa).

  17. Attempt saved. Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) close footed changeable from the close broadside of the container is saved successful the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jorginho.

  18. Attempt missed. Gabriel Magalhães (Arsenal) header from the centre of the container misses to the near pursuing a corner.

  19. Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Ezri Konsa.

  20. Hand shot by Jhon Durán (Aston Villa).

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