Arsenal 3-2 Aston Villa: 3 talking points after the Gunners snatches three points from Aston Villa in a 5-goal thriller in the 6th game-week.
After a long tussle and upsets, Arsenal have managed to secure three points in the 6th game-week of the Premier League, making it their third win in the Premier League 2019/20.
Earlier it was thought that Arsenal have lost this match after they conceded the first goal, and even after levelling the score, they conceded yet another goal to make themselves look at the trailing end.
However, to everyone’s rescue, Callum Chambers scored in the 81st minute after receiving a great ball from Matteo Guendouzi. Later, Arsenal’s superstar Pierre-Emrick Aubameyang scored a splendid freekick to make it 3-2 for Arsenal in the 84th minute.
It was too late for Aston Villa to do anything from two quick upsets in the dying minutes of the game. Although, a handball was appealed against Sokratis but VAR denied it, giving a sigh of relief to the Gunners.
With this, the North London club made a spectacular return, even though everyone felt that Arsenal would not be able to overturn the deficit, considering the blunders Arsenal made against Watford.
Nevertheless, Arsenal prevailed themselves with a win, and with this, we will discuss 3 talking points in Arsenal 3-2 Aston Villa match.
#1 Arsenal making a comeback was a surprise
It would not be wrong to say that it was surprising to an extent when Pierre-Emrick Aubameyang scored the third goal for Arsenal in the 84th minute and to eventually make them win.
Since Arsenal conceded the first goal it seemed Arsenal are out of every contest in this fixture. On top of that Arsenal was reduced to ten men after Maitland-Niles received the second booking and eventually making him leave on the red card.
Further, after receiving the second setback, it seemed that Arsenal would not be able to handle this pressure, and Aston Villa will be able to maintain the marginal lead.
But to everyone’s surprise, Arsenal did something which they rarely do nowadays and overturned the deficit in the last 10 minutes of the game to make a spectacular comeback.
#2 Aston Villa made huge blunders to let the game slip
Aston Villa could have won this match or at least could have managed a draw, if they had not made huge blunders, which Arsenal used for their advantage. Two goals out of three came from Aston Villa’s mistakes.
First came after Aston Villa awarded a penalty to the Gunners and in the second instance, the visitors gave a free-kick to Aubameyang from a comfortable position, which the Gabonese International scored with all comfort.
Thus, Aston Villa could have managed, if they had not given such spot-kicks and could have maintained their temperament. The nervousness by Aston Villa spoiled all the hard work, as it allowed the players to make errors.
If one considers, it was a good performance by Aston Villa, until they conceded last two goals. The Lions failed to finish the game, hence, the last ten minutes of the game made arsenal win the game.
#3 Arsenal’s defence is a major concern
Arsenal’s biggest enemy presently is its defence, in the last 6 games in the league, Arsenal have conceded 10 goals, a pretty poor record for a side, which is aiming to land at the sixth position.
Furthermore, this game was also no different, as Aston Villa literally toyed with Arsenal’s defence, in both the goals conceded by the Gunners, defenders were nowhere to rescue or else they could have been thwarted.
In the first goal, David Luiz left John Mcginn unmarked, which allowed him to kick the ball inside the net without receiving any challenge, and he did not delay by taking unnecessary touches. Indeed, a good finish, but could have been avoided if Luiz had noticed.
On the second occasion, Arsenal’s defence was outrun by Jack Grealish with his superb dribble, and he found Wesley inside the box to make it 2-1. In both the instances, defence was at fault, and if it had been a better side, Arsenal would have lost the match.
It did not end here, Arsenal looked shaky even after achieving a lead to ultimately win the match, there were moments of error but Arsenal were fortunate enough to miss them or else they could have lost the hard-earned three points.
