Ollie Watkins Heaps More Misery On Mikel Arteta And Arsenal

Ollie Watkins early effort against Arsenal just about kept alive Aston Villa’s European dream, and Arsenal can yet again weep.

What a performance! 🤩 #AVLARS

— Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) February 6, 2021

So nothing much there to see at Villa Park this afternoon. Just Arsenal at their catastrophic best. With only 75 seconds played, Matt Ryan was left so exposed to become the fourth goalkeeper to concede within two minutes of his club debut in the English top-flight.

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Not like the Australian was dire, but the moment Cedric Soares’ stray pass allowed Bertrand Traore time and space to steal in and tee up Watkins for that deflected finish, it looked like just another bad day was on the cards.

From there on, the Gunners huffed and puffed trying to make hay, but there was going to be no way.

This represents a new low for Mikel Arteta and Arsenal. For the first time since the Premier League was inaugurated in 1992-93, Aston Villa have completed a top-flight double over Arsenal, who they had earlier beaten 3-0 this term! How ludicrous that reads.

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Surely, the pressure’s right back on Arteta now. Can he pick this team back up?

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