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Aston Villa stun Arsenal with 2-0 victory at Emirates Stadium
National World - LocalTV
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14/04/2024
Birmingham World reporter Charlie Haffenden's reaction as Aston Villa upset the Premier League title race and boost their Champions League hopes with a remarkable 2-0 win away at Arsenal.
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Aston Villa have just pulled off one of the results of the season. Not only just for them as a club, but in the Premier League as a whole.
00:08
Arsenal nil, Aston Villa two. Wow, 33 games in now for Villa, 32 for many of the other clubs in the Premier League.
00:16
And it's now three points the gap to Tottenham Hotspur. Villa well into the top four now, a very unexpected win here at the Emirates Stadium.
00:23
Such a tough place to go. And Unai Emery now the first manager in the Premier League this season to deny Arsenal a goal in both fixtures played.
00:31
Of course it's a 1-0 win at Villa Park in December. That was the same week that Villa beat Manchester City 1-0 as well.
00:38
And they're definitely having their say once again in the title fight.
00:42
Liverpool lost against Crystal Palace at Anfield today as well.
00:46
Manchester City of course beating Luton Town by five goals to one at the Etihad.
00:50
Pep Guardiola will be licking his lips as the citizens look like they could be marching on for another Premier League title.
00:56
Of course there's still time for there to be more twists and turns in this Premier League title fight.
01:01
But the result this weekend are Massive and Villa playing their part as I say.
01:05
The first half, Arsenal were the better team. They created lots of opportunities for Pekkaio Saka, Kai Havertz, Gabriel Jesus.
01:12
But between the likes of Diego Carlos tracking back and making interventions, and Emilio MartÃnez making some amazing saves,
01:19
including one actually from point-blank range to deny Leandro Trossard, Villa were able to go into half-time 0-0.
01:27
And then in the second period, although Unai Emery claims there weren't any changes tactically, Villa were on top.
01:34
It did take a little while. The first half started a little bit slowly.
01:39
Villa kind of dominated possession for about 65th minute or so I'd say.
01:44
A few substitutions for Arsenal, rocking their momentum a little bit. Villa taking advantage, creating some opportunities.
01:51
Yuri Tieleman hit the crossbar with an amazing effort from outside the box.
01:56
He dispossessed Oleksandr Zinchenko and then, potentially just inside actually, but a wide angle, smashed the crossbar, reverberated,
02:04
bounced out in off the post as well, it was that close.
02:07
Oli Watkins in the first half I forgot to mention, also hit the post on the break for Villa's only opportunity.
02:13
So close off the inside of the post. On another day, or if it hit a different bobble, it would have gone in.
02:20
But as I say, after Tieleman's one, it was all Villa and two fantastic goals.
02:25
The first one, I'd say fantastic, maybe not the finish itself.
02:29
Bailly had an open goal, albeit from a tight angle, but the play beforehand was very impressive.
02:34
Luka Dean getting into an advanced position, Pau Torres getting across the Arsenal centre-back, I believe Gabriel or Saliba,
02:41
and also David Rye couldn't get anywhere near.
02:44
That from Pau Torres was crucial to get to Bailly at the far post and then to round it off three minutes later, in the 87th minute,
02:51
Oli Watkins ran onto a Yuri Tieleman through ball and dinked it over Rye to make sure of the points.
02:57
The Villa away end understandably going wild.
03:00
What a huge three points this is, not only for Villa, but for the Premier League as a whole.
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