Arsenal Return To The Peak Of The English Premier League Temporary Standings After Aston Villa's Bekuk
JAKARTA - Arsenal took the top spot in the Premier League standings from Manchester City. That was thanks to the victory over Aston Villa in Saturday, February 18th.
In the match that took place at Villa Park, the Gunners won convincingly with a score of 4-2. The result put Mikel Arteta's side at the top of the standings with 54 points.
They are three points adrift of City who are in second place. However, this position could change again if The Citizens managed to beat agreed Forest in the match which took place starting at 22.00 WIB.
Back to the game, Arsenal actually fell behind Villa first. The visitors conceded in the 5th minute through a goal fromwal Watkins.
However, Bukayo Saka was able to make the position 1-1 in the 16th minute.
Aston Villa took the lead again in the 31st minute through Phillipe Coutinho's goal. The 2-1 score for the hosts lasted until halftime.
In the second half, Arsenal went crazy. The Gunners immediately stepped on the gas and scored three goals.
Oleksandr Zinchenko made the visitors equalize to 2-2 in the 61st minute.
Two late goals finally led Arsenal to victory. It started with Emiliano Martinez's own goal in the 90+3 minute and was followed by Gabriel Martinelli's goal five minutes later.