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Aston Villa 1-0 Arsenal: Keeper Mat Ryan concedes 74 seconds into Gunners debut

Aston Villa 1-0 Arsenal: Keeper Mat Ryan concedes 74 seconds into Gunners debut
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6th February 2021
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Aston Villa keeper Emiliano Martinez in action against Arsenal's Bukayo Saka
Emiliano Martinez has kept 11 clean sheets in 21 Premier League games since joining Aston Villa from Arsenal for £17m in September

Goalkeeper Mat Ryan conceded 74 seconds into his debut for Arsenal as Aston Villa completed their first top-flight double over the Gunners for 28 years.

Former Arsenal keeper Emiliano Martinez started the move which led to Bertrand Traore pouncing on a mistake by Cedric Soares before Ollie Watkins scored with a shot that deflected off Rob Holding.

Boyhood Gunners fan Ryan, signed on loan from Brighton in January and starting in place of suspended first-choice keeper Bernd Leno, produced a fine save to deny Traore a goal on his return to the Villa side.

Martinez frustrated his former club further when the Argentine produced an excellent save to keep out Granit Xhaka’s free-kick.

Villa move up to eighth in the Premier League while Arsenal’s second successive defeat leaves them 10th.

Watkins moves into double figures

Villa climbed above Tottenham and closed to within three points of fifth spot through Watkins’ 10th Premier League goal since joining from Brentford for a club record £28m in September.

Three of those goals have been against Arsenal, the 25-year-old scoring two in Villa’s 3-0 win at Emirates Stadium in November.

After a barren run of games without a goal between November and January, there are clear signs Watkins is warming to playing at a higher level.

In netting Villa’s earliest Premier League goal since 2014, Watkins has four goals in his past five top-flight appearances after Cedric’s intended pass to Gabriel was way too short, allowing Traore to nip in and cross for the striker to score.

Aston Villa go close to scoring against Arsenal in the Premier League
Aston Villa have as many points after 21 games as they managed for the whole of 2019-20 Premier League season

This was Villa’s sixth game in 18 days but there was little sign of fatigue as they worked hard to return to winning ways after being picked apart by West Ham on Wednesday.

John McGinn and Jack Grealish were both denied by Ryan while Watkins forced the new Arsenal keeper into two further saves.

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Burkina Faso forward Traore brought fresh energy after being a substitute on Wednesday, while Ezri Konsa and Tyrone Mings helped limit Arsenal to three attempts on target.

During a sustained period of Arsenal pressure, Mings did well to block Emile Smith Rowe’s goal-bound attempt and Matty Cash got in the way of Bukayo Saka’s shot.

With 35 points from 21 games, Villa have equalled their tally from 2019-20 when they stayed up on the final day of the season.

This is their best return after 21 matches in a top-flight season since 2009-10 (36 points), when they finished sixth.


Lacklustre Arsenal

Arsenal once again struggled without their inspirational forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who started on the bench for the second successive game.

Gabon striker Aubameyang has been absent in recent weeks because his mother has been in ill health.

Since the captain last started for his club, the Gunners have gone out of the FA Cup and taken four points from four games in the league, where they are without a win in three.

Aubameyang came on for the final 30 minutes at Villa Park but, despite a spell of sustained pressure towards the end, Mikel Arteta’s side failed to score for the third time in five games.

After scoring against Wolves on Tuesday, Nicolas Pepe wasted two good chances while Martinez saved well from Hector Bellerin. Substitute Martin Odegaard blazed a late chance over the bar.

The Gunners, who had two players sent off at Wolves in the previous game, were unhappy when Konsa’s first-half foul on Saka did not result in a red card.

Ryan, Arsenal’s fourth keeper of the season, recovered from conceding early to produce some good saves but Arteta’s side remain anchored in mid-table after a 10th league defeat.

Double joy for Villa – the stats

  • Aston Villa have completed a league double over Arsenal for the first time since the inaugural Premier League season in 1992-93 under Ron Atkinson.
  • Arsenal have lost three consecutive league games against Aston Villa without scoring a goal for the first time since August 1920-March 1922.
  • Ollie Watkins became the first Aston Villa player to score in three consecutive Premier League matches at Villa Park since Darren Bent in November 2011.
  • Mat Ryan became just the fourth goalkeeper in the competition’s history to concede within the opening two minutes of their full Premier League debut for a club, after Gavin Ward (Bolton Wanderers), Ian Bennett (Sheffield United) and Daniele Padelli (Liverpool).
  • Ryan is the first Australian to appear for Arsenal in a competitive game since John Kosmina against Red Star Belgrade in December 1978 in the Uefa Cup.

What’s next?

Both teams have a full week to prepare for their next Premier League matches. Aston Villa visit Brighton next Saturday (20:00 GMT) and Arsenal host Leeds on Sunday, 14 February (16:30).

Player of the match

MingsTyrone Mings

with an average of 8.15

Aston Villa

  1. Squad number5Player nameMings

    Average rating

    8.15

  2. Squad number11Player nameWatkins

    Average rating

    7.68

  3. Squad number10Player nameGrealish

    Average rating

    7.63

  4. Squad number18Player nameTargett

    Average rating

    7.57

  5. Squad number2Player nameCash

    Average rating

    7.54

  6. Squad number26Player nameMartínez

    Average rating

    7.41

  7. Squad number4Player nameKonsa

    Average rating

    7.21

  8. Squad number19Player nameNakamba

    Average rating

    7.19

  9. Squad number7Player nameMcGinn

    Average rating

    7.19

  10. Squad number15Player nameTraoré

    Average rating

    7.14

  11. Squad number17Player nameTrézéguet

    Average rating

    6.76

  12. Squad number20Player nameBarkley

    Average rating

    6.67

  13. Squad number41Player nameRamsey

    Average rating

    6.58

Arsenal

  1. Squad number33Player nameRyan
    Average rating

    5.55

  2. Squad number7Player nameSaka
    Average rating

    5.47

  3. Squad number32Player nameSmith Rowe
    Average rating

    5.24

  4. Squad number18Player namePartey
    Average rating

    4.73

  5. Squad number19Player namePépé
    Average rating

    4.68

  6. Squad number34Player nameXhaka
    Average rating

    4.65

  7. Squad number16Player nameHolding
    Average rating

    4.63

  8. Squad number11Player nameØdegaard
    Average rating

    4.53

  9. Squad number9Player nameLacazette
    Average rating

    4.53

  10. Squad number6Player nameGabriel Magalhães
    Average rating

    4.49

  11. Squad number2Player nameBellerín
    Average rating

    4.39

  12. Squad number17Player nameCédric Soares
    Average rating

    3.92

  13. Squad number14Player nameAubameyang
    Average rating

    3.22

  14. Squad number12Player nameWillian
    Average rating

    2.76

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Line-ups

Aston Villa

Formation 4-2-3-1

26Martínez

2Cash4Konsa5Mings18Targett

7McGinn19Nakamba

15Traoré20Barkley10Grealish

11Watkins

  • 26Martínez
  • 2Cash
  • 4KonsaBooked at 31mins
  • 5Mings
  • 18Targett
  • 7McGinn
  • 19NakambaBooked at 35mins
  • 15TraoréSubstituted forTrézéguetat 66′minutes
  • 20BarkleySubstituted forRamseyat 78′minutes
  • 10GrealishBooked at 90mins
  • 11Watkins

Substitutes

  • 1Heaton
  • 6Douglas Luiz
  • 17Trézéguet
  • 21El Ghazi
  • 22Engels
  • 25Sanson
  • 27El Mohamady
  • 39Davis
  • 41Ramsey

Arsenal

Formation 4-2-3-1

33Ryan

2Bellerín16Holding6Gabriel17Cédric Soares

18Partey34Xhaka

7Saka32Smith Rowe19Pépé

9Lacazette

  • 33Ryan
  • 2Bellerín
  • 16Holding
  • 6Gabriel
  • 17Cédric SoaresSubstituted forØdegaardat 65′minutes
  • 18ParteyBooked at 52minsSubstituted forWillianat 74′minutes
  • 34XhakaBooked at 90mins
  • 7Saka
  • 32Smith Rowe
  • 19Pépé
  • 9LacazetteSubstituted forAubameyangat 59′minutes

Substitutes

  • 8Ceballos
  • 11Ødegaard
  • 12Willian
  • 13Rúnarsson
  • 14Aubameyang
  • 21Chambers
  • 22Marí
  • 25Elneny
  • 35Martinelli

Referee:
Chris Kavanagh

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