A day that began with Newcastle United's six-game winning league run ending with a 4-1 home drubbing by Bournemouth finished with Villa ensuring that none of the five matches resulted in home wins.
Arsenal did the hard work against Aston Villa but then just collapsed. One 'liability' must go and it feels increasingly likely that Mikel Arteta might too.
Aston Villa came back from 2-0 down to rescue a draw against Arsenal in the Premier League. Gabriel Martinelli and Kai Havertz scored either side of half-time to put the home side in a commanding position, but they were pegged back.
Arteta has shown a propensity to speak his mind this season, whether red cards he's never seen before, penalties that fit the same description, or even the balls used in different competitions, so get your popcorn ready.
Arsenal had to start putting together the sort of run that saw them be almost perfect in the second half of last season but two more dropped points, their eighth draw of the season, leaves them with a lot of ground to make up. There have been red cards to point to in the other games but this result was of their own making.
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The result meant that the Gunners now trail Premier League leaders Liverpool by six points, having played one game more
Arsenal managed Mikel Arteta refused to criticise VAR but slammed the defending for Ollie Watkins' equaliser in Saturday's 2-2 draw against Aston Villa.
Mikel Arteta admitted Arsenal had to take the blame for their damaging 2-2 draw against Aston Villa after sloppy defending cost them a chance to keep pace with Premier League leaders Liverpool. After Liverpool’s 2-0 win at Brentford earlier on Saturday, the Gunners were left with no margin for error when they faced Villa at the Emirates Stadium.
Darwin Nunez' stoppage time brace gave Liverpool a crucial win to extend their lead while Arsenal suffered a major setback being held to a draw by Unai Emery's Aston Villa.
Ian Wright has warned Arsenal’s board that Mikel Arteta’s side will ‘fizzle out’ this season if new signings are not made in the January transfer window. The Gunners threw away a two-goal lead against Aston Villa on Saturday to draw 2-2 with Unai Emery’s side.