Arsenal Suffer Second Defeat At The Emirates In 2020

Dani Ceballos (Twitter @arsenal)

JAKARTA - Arsenal suffered another defeat at home. Mikel Arteta's team beat 0-3 at the hands of Aston Villa in the eighth match of the Premier League at the Emirates Stadium, London, Sunday.

For Villa, this is their first win after losing their last two matches. This result at the same time made Dean Smith's team climbed back to sixth in the standings with a collection of 15 points.

Meanwhile for Arsenal this time, defeat is the second time they have felt at home in 2020. The Gunners temporarily dropped to 11th in the standings with 12 points.

Launched Antara, Monday, Villa appeared explosive since the start of football, not even a minute from the match John McGinn managed to break into the host's goal using Jack Grealish's bait.

However, the goal was ruled out after referee Martin Atkinson consulted for nearly four minutes with VAR with the ruling that Ross Barkley was caught offside.

The withdrawal of the goal did not discourage the Villa players who kept trying to attack the host's defense until they finally opened the scoring in the 25th minute after Grealish's cross led to an own goal by Bukayo Saka which tried to cover Trezeguet's space.

Arsenal tried to get back up and four minutes from half-time Alexandre Lacazette nearly equalized, but his header only grazed the top of the bar.

Defeat at the Emirates. # ARSAVL 🔴 0-3 ⚫️ (FT)

- Arsenal (@Arsenal) November 8, 2020

Villa started the second half with high intensity again, but Trezeguet's close-range shot was pushed over by goalkeeper Bernd Leno.

In the 70th minute, Nicolas Pepe comes close to equalizing but his curling shot is wide off the mark on the side of the net.

Two minutes later, Villa actually managed to double their lead with Ollie Watkins' sharp header to greet Barkley's volley.

It didn't take Watkins long to break the Arsenal goal back when he fired a low shot to finish a Grealish pass in the 75th minute.

The 3-0 score lasted until the end, as if it was proof for Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez who was "dumped" by Arsenal with a zero record against his own club's file at the Emirates.

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- Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) November 8, 2020

The composition of players:

Arsenal (3-4-3): Bernd Leno; Rob Holding, Gabriel Magalhaes, Kieran Tierney; Hector Bellerin, Thomas Partey (Dani Ceballos), Mohamed Elneny, Bukayo Saka; Willian (Nicolas Pepe), Alexandre Lacazette (Edward Nketiah), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

Coach: Mikel Arteta

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

Coach: Dean Smith