Aston Villa vs Arsenal LIVE! Premier League result, match stream, latest updates today – Evening Standard
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Aston Villa vs Arsenal LIVE!
John McGinn’s early goal led surging Aston Villa to a club-record 15th consecutive home Premier League victory on Saturday, a breathless 1-0 win over Arsenal that prevented Mikel Arteta’s Gunners from reclaiming top spot in the table.
McGinn got Villa Park rocking in the seventh minute after Leon Bailey sprinted down the right wing before cutting back the ball and picking out McGinn. Villa’s captain took one touch, turned sharply and fired past keeper David Raya. Arsenal thought they had equalised in added time before VAR determined Kai Havertz had handled the ball while firing it past keeper Emi Martinez from a goalmouth scramble.
Arteta, whose north London team arrived on the heels of four successive wins, was relegated to the directors’ box for the game while he served a one-game ban after picking up his third red card of the season. Read the game back below with updates and expert analysis from Standard Sport’s Simon Collings at Villa Park.
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You can read Simon Collings’ player ratings by clicking here.
99min: That’s 15 home wins in a row for Villa! Incredible achievement.
97min: Havertz throws himself into Martinez, which is exactly what the Villa keeper wants to waste some more time. Arteta is fuming.
91min: Five minutes added on.
90min: The referee’s decision stands.
89min: Havertz thinks he has scored but the referee rules it out for handball. But VAR are taking a look…
88min: Carlos gets a booking for a reckless arm to the face of Nketiah.
85min: Cash catches Zinchenko with a wild attempted challenge. Not the first time we’ve seen that this season.
82min: Arsenal have a knack of scoring late goals this season, including just four days ago.
What have they got left in the tank tonight?
80min: Jesus looks set to drive into the area as Villa lose the ball in their final third, but he takes all the time in the world to control the ball and Villa mop up.
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