Aston Villa striker Ollie Watkins has suggested his side were lucky to see Arsenal have a late goal ruled out in their 2-2 draw on Saturday.
Gabriel Martinelli and Kai Havertz fired the Gunners in front but Villa fought back through goals from Youri Tielemans and Ollie Watkins in eight second-half minutes
Arsenal's Premier League title hopes suffered a major setback as they blew a two-goal lead in a damaging 2-2 draw against Aston Villa on Saturday.
Arsenal collapsed against Aston Villa in the Premier League with the visiting side rescuing a point from a two goal deficit.
Arsenal’s Premier League title bid was dealt a hammer blow after they surrendered a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 with Aston Villa at the Emirates. Gabriel Martinelli fired Arsenal ahead in the first half before Kai Havertz doubled the home side’s advantage 10 minutes after the interval.
Mikel Arteta has admitted he is "very worried" about William Saliba's injury after the Arsenal defender missed Saturday's 2-2 draw against Aston Villa on Saturday.
Former PGMOL chief Keith Hackett has cleared up the situation surrounding Kai Havertz and his disallowed goal by VAR in Arsenal’s Premier League draw with Aston Villa. The Gunners took a two-goal lead at the Emirates Stadium, with Gabriel Martinelli and Kai Havertz striking early on.
Goals either side of half-time from Gabriel Martinelli and Kai Havertz seemed to have set Arsenal up for a deserved routine win. Then Villa hit back with two quick goals from crosses as Youri Tielemans and Ollie Watkins took full advantage of a toothless Arsenal defence bereft of injured key defender William Saliba.
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.
Arsenal painfully had a late winner ruled out as Havertz handled the ball from Mikel Merino’s strike, leaving the points shared in yet another draw. Arsenal fans were unhappy with VAR’s decision to rule out the winning goal; however, it was clear that the ball hit Havertz’s hand.
Youri Tielemans led Villa's fightback against Arsenal and is excelling in an advanced position behind Ollie Watkins