Overview
- Aston Villa beat Arsenal 2-1 at Villa Park as Emiliano Buendia struck at the death after Leandro Trossard had leveled Matty Cash’s opener.
- Villa move to 30 points with Arsenal on 33, leaving the leaders’ advantage reduced ahead of later fixtures that could further affect the table.
- Emi Martínez was declared fit to start for Villa, while Declan Rice started for Arsenal after reporting himself fine following a midweek knock.
- Arsenal’s defensive problems continued with Gabriel Magalhaes and William Saliba out and Cristhian Mosquera expected to miss multiple weeks with an ankle injury.
- Mikel Arteta sent on Trossard and Viktor Gyokeres at half-time, and Trossard equalised before Villa regained control to claim the late winner.