Arsenal vs Aston Villa Premier League 2020 football results

Final: Arsenal 0-3 Aston Villa
Scored: Saka (25 goals); Watkins (72, 75)

Coach Mikel Arteta’s army started the 2020/21 season in an extremely emotional way. They have commendable victories, like eliminating Liverpool from the League Cup or beating MU at Old Trafford on Matchday 7 of the Premier League. However, among these victories, there are forgettable failures. Despite winning 4/7 games played in the Premier League this season, Arsenal also had to receive 3 losses.

Obviously, stability was what Arteta craved. The “Gunners” can easily intimidate “weak ball” teams, but they often show tension against strong or character-rich teams like Aston Villa this season.

Coach Dean Smith’s army used to struggle to relegate successfully last season. However, going into this season, they play fair with the giants. Surely a lot of people are not used to Aston Villa’s incredible 7-2 win over Liverpool. They then hit another strong opponent, Leicester, right away.

Surprisingly, Aston Villa is extremely annoying and not easy to beat away from home. Each time as a guest, coach Dean Smith’s team displayed stubbornness and a fast counterattack style, based on a quality midfield consisting of classy midfielders like Jack Grealish and Ross Barkley.

Meanwhile, Arsenal’s biggest inspiration in the attack, forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang showed signs of “little charm” with the Emirates turf as all three home games were upset. Compared to MU’s victory 1 week ago, coach Arteta decided to keep the starting list and the match table (3-4-3).

In which only 2 people (goalkeeper Leno and forward Willian) were yet to start in the Europa League group stage in the middle of last week (beating Molde 4-1), so basically the Arsenal star He has almost perfect strength for Aston Villa Reception. At 45 seconds, a surprise broke out in the Emirates.

The ball opened up the left flank for Jack Grealish and the No. 10 midfielder calmly penetrated the 16m50 area before returning the ball to John McGinn to control and hit the left to hit the Arsenal net. However, when the visitors were still out of celebration, referee Atkinson received the signal from the VAR team.

The game was interrupted for almost 5 minutes for the referee to carefully consider the situation and finally came to the conclusion that he did not recognize the goal due to an offside error by Barkley, the player who blocked Leno’s vision in McGinn’s shot. should follow the invalid scoring rule.

At 13 minutes, from the left wing, Aubameyang brought the delicate ball in for Willian to hit the half-push volley, but the ball was too imprecise. Although Aston Villa are quite a “fit” opponent, Arsenal are still determined to remain loyal to the pragmatic game that coach Arteta has built and led the “Gunners” to many victories.

The weather on the pitch was also unfavorable when it rained heavily, so game progress was relatively pale. However, in the 25th minute a goal appeared. The young Bukayo Saka not only damaged the home team’s offside trap, but also put the ball directly into teammate Leno’s net in an effort to stop Matt Targett’s nasty cross.

Having the lead advantage in hand, the Aston Villa visitors play with more confidence to have a relatively good game against the home team. Arsenal can dominate the time of ball control but hardly threaten the goal of Martinez, the old man of the “Gunners” who last season played in an outstanding way when Leno was absent due to injury.

The home side’s best opportunity in the first half was Lacazette’s header off the crossbar from close range in the 42nd minute after Tierney’s exemplary cross down the left wing. To improve the manufacturing ability of the midfield ball, coach Arteta sent Dani Ceballos to the field.

In the 48th minute, Jack Grealish brought the ball into Arsenal’s 16m50 area, but was blocked by the Arsenal defender. The ball bounced and Barkley swiftly passed Trezeguet to finish off a tight corner, forcing Bernd Leno to show his talents.

In the 55th minute, in a lightning attack down the left flank, Barkley pushed the ball into the Arsenal penalty area for Jack Grealish to trick his mentor Rob Holding into shooting at a tight angle but Leno touched the ball in time.

Off the field, coach Arteta began to get impatient when the home team still couldn’t escape the impasse. Public goods are also renewed with 2 names Nicolas Pepe and Nketiah. In the 70th minute, Pepe had just entered the field and launched a cut with his left foot at 16m50, but the ball did not fly enough to be able to hit the goal area.

Not only powerless on goal, Arsenal also had to receive a goal in the second minute. In the 72nd minute, Douglas Luiz sent a precision long ball to Barkley and the English midfielder made a one-touch cross to get the ball inside. Ollie Watkins waited and hit his head to defeat Leno.

In the 74th minute, the chance to score came to Jack Grealish and the Aston Villa manager defeated Bernd Leno but Tierney was on the line to break the ball. However, not long after that, the visitors scored the third goal. Jack Grealish, not someone else, ran the ball with speed for a distance of about 200 feet, then pushed the slot for Watkins out of the cold, not giving Leno a chance.

There’s an interesting detail: Ollie Watkins’ idol team as a kid was … Arsenal. Last season, the 1995-born forward also wore Brentford in the First Division, but Aston Villa had to spend a record amount in club history (£ 28 million) to sign this player. With a brace against Arsenal, Ollie Watkins scored 6 goals in the 2020/21 Premier League. Before that, he scored a hat-trick in a glorious 7-2 win over Liverpool.

The time remaining is enough for Arsenal to have at least 1 goal to restore honor, but with morale very low and the play not so brilliant, “The Gunners” are helpless. Even Aston Villa is still the dominant team in terms of pressure ability and Leno’s goal sometimes to face waves. However, the scoreline 0-3 remained the same until the final whistle.

So right after an impressive victory, Arsenal had to receive an embarrassing defeat despite having the advantage of playing at home and the opponent was not in the “big” category. Aston Villa once again had a “shocking” Premier League match to climb to sixth place in the standings after the eighth round, 3 points behind Leicester.

TEAM

ARSENAL (3-4-3): Bernd Leno; Rob Holding, Gabriel, Kieran Tierney; Héctor Bellerin, Thomas Partey (Dani Ceballos 46 ‘), Mohamed Elneny, Bukayo Saka; Willian (Pepe 65 ‘), Alexandre Lacazette (Nketiah 65’), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

VILLA ASTON (4-2-3-1): Emiliano Martinez; Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Tyrone Mings, Matt Targett; Douglas Luiz, John McGinn; Trezeguet (El Ghazi 88 ‘), Ross Barkley, Jack Grealish; Ollie Watkins.