Aston Villa picked up a massive 1-0 win over Arsenal in the Premier League earlier today. Aston Villa picked up a massive 1-0 win over Arsenal in the Premier League earlier today.
Ollie Watkins scored the only goal of the game for the home side to secure all three points.
Villa came into this game on the back of a defeat against West Ham United and they would have wanted to bounce back with a positive result. Dean Smith will be delighted with the outcome today and the fans will have received the reaction they were hoping for.
The home side were the better team throughout the game and they deserved to win today.
Watkins scored within 74 seconds after the start of the game. The Aston Villa striker converted a cut back from Bertrand Traore.
Arsenal goalkeeper Mat Ryan did well to deny Watkins his second goal of the game early on in the second half and then produced two more important saves to deny the hosts.
Arsenal struggled to create any clear cut opportunities and the closest they came was true Granit Xhaka’s free kick which was saved by Emiliano Martinez.
Martin Odegaard had the best chance of the game for Arsenal but he blazed over with six minutes remaining.
The win tonight leaves Aston Villa above Tottenham in the table with 35 points and Arsenal drop down to 10th with 31 points.
The Gunners have now lost two consecutive League games and they will be under tremendous pressure to turn their form around so that they can challenge for a top four finish.
