JAKARTA - The unlucky Arsenal drama at home to Aston Villa in the Premier League English duel at the Emirates Stadium, Sunday, January 19, 2025 in the morning WIB. Arsenal failed to win because of the VAR and the match ended in a 2-2 draw.
Arsenal played well throughout the first half. In fact, they managed to increase their advantage to 2-0 when they started the second half.
But it all broke because Villa then missed the goal and forced a draw. When a chance to win was created again, Kai Havertz's goal was canceled because he was declared to have touched the ball before breaking into the opponent's goal.
Arsenal's disappointing result after winning 2-1 over Tottenham Hotspur in The North London Derby aka Derby North London in a midweek match. They also did not completely manage to close the scoring with Liverpool's leaders who a few hours earlier won 2-0 over Brentford.
Arsenal, who now have 44 points, are still six points behind Liverpool. But the Reds still have one game. Failure to win is a signal if Arsenal start to have trouble chasing Liverpool in the race for the league title.
Meanwhile, Villa has not been able to improve their rankings because they only got one point. Unai Emery's team remains in seventh place by pocketing point 36.
The failure to maintain a two-goal advantage made Arsenal's camp disappointed. Moreover, it was Havertz's goal that brought the Gunners back to the lead and then annulled.
"The actual match score shows how the match itself," Arteta told the media as quoted by reuters.com. "I am really disappointed because the difference between the two teams is very clear," he said further.
"[Regarding the disallowation of goals] a decision has been taken. This is also not something that has been done because we are so emotional about feeling joy. But celebration is like being taken from us. This is definitely not easy," said Arteta again.
In that match, Arsenal had to work hard against opponents who appeared confident. How not, Emery hopes his team can repeat last season's success.
At that time, The Villans surprisingly beat Arsenal 2-0 at the Emirates. And that result then hampered Arsenal's pace of hunting for the league title.
Since that defeat, Arsenal has struggled to catch Manchester City which is speeding and won the league trophy for the fourth time in a row.
However, Villa are facing opponents who are returning to hunt for the league title. This time, Arsenal are competing with Liverpool and Forest who are dark horses.
Arsenal also played offensively which made it difficult for Villa to keep up with it. Even former Arsenal goalkeeper who is now standing under Villa's bar, Emiliano Martinez, had to work hard to secure the goal.
However, the goalkeeper's efforts for the Argentine national team finally failed. In the 35th minute, front player Gabriel Martinelli broke the deadlock after welcoming the Leandro Trossard assist.
Starting from the action of Trossard who penetrated the Villa defense area and then released a cross. The ball was greeted by Martinelli with a volley that put Arsenal 1-0 up. The score lasted until the first half was over.
Entering the second half, Arsenal continued to play aggressively. The host's attack again paid off when the match entered the 10th minute. Trossard returned to play a role in the process of creating Arsenal's goal.
Previously, Trossard failed to increase the lead after his shot still bounced over the crossbar. But he didn't fail when he provided an assist which was later converted into a goal by Havertz in the 55th minute.
After winning 2-0, Arsenal actually lowered the tempo of the game. They no longer pressed the opponent who made Villa managed to get up. They were able to get out of the pressure and start taking attacking initiatives.
As a result, Villa did not take long to reduce their lag. Only five minutes later, Youri Tielemans' header which met Lucas Digne's cross successfully beat goalkeeper David Raya.
The score changed to 2-1. Villa are getting more aggressive in chasing behind. Their efforts immediately paid off. The reason is that in the 68th minute, the visitors finally equalized the score.
Striker totaling Watkins broke into Arsenal's goal so Villa equalized the score to 2-2. This was Watkins' sixth goal against the Gunners, four of whom were scored by England national team players at the Emirates.
Watkins is also the player of the visitors who break into Arsenal's goal the most.
The draw did not change because there were no more additional goals. Villa forced a 2-2 draw when they visited Arsenal's headquarters.
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