Arsenal Beat Aston Villa, MU Is Still Under The Gunners, Keep UCL Hopes

Bukayo Saka scores the only goal to bring Arsenal to beat Aston Villa 1-0/PHOTO Via Instagram arsenal

JAKARTA - Bukayo Saka scored the only goal to bring Arsenal to beat Aston Villa 1-0 in the match week 30 of the Premier League at Villa Park Stadium, Birmingham.

The 20-year-old English talent scored in the 30th minute with a volley to meet Cedric Soares' cross which had previously hit the Villa defence.

Prior to that goal, Arsenal had twice forced goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez to work hard to keep Villa safe from Thomas Partey's long-range shot and Ezri Konsa's save from Saka's cross which came close to an own goal.

Villa came out more pressing in the second half and came close to equalizing in the 68th minute when Ollie Watkins' finish after dancing around the Arsenal players did not end with the ball hitting the post.

Launching Antara, Saturday, March 19, Villa's efforts continued until the minutes of added time, unfortunately Danny Ings' shot on a wild ball could be cleared by Kieran Tierney and Philippe Coutinho's free kick was still able to be countered by goalkeeper Bernd Leno who was guarding the Arsenal goal due to injury. who whacked Aaron Ramsdale.

Arsenal's return to winning ways, after being tricked by Liverpool at the Emirates in the middle of last week, has made Mikel Arteta's team strengthen their position in the hunt for Champions League tickets.

Arsenal is firmly in fourth place with a record of 54 points, four points ahead of Manchester United, which is just below it with one game more.

Meanwhile, Villa, who have lost in their last two appearances, have not moved from ninth position with 36 points, according to the Premier League's official website.

Following the international break later this month, Arsenal travel to Selhurst Park to face Crystal Palace on April 4, two days after Villa visit Molineux against Wolverhampton.