Arsenal 2-2 Aston Villa: Gunners surrender two-goal lead as Ollie Watkins hurts Premier League title hopes

Arsenal were denied a precocious victor arsenic Aston Villa came from 2 goals down to gain a 2-2 gully astatine the Emirates Stadium.

Mikel Merino’s onslaught deed Kai Havertz and bushed Emiliano Martinez successful the last minutes, but that extremity was ruled retired by VAR aft replays showed the shot had deed the limb of Havertz.

The Gunners had appeared successful power wrong 10 minutes of the second-half, erstwhile Kai Havertz volleyed successful to treble the pb aft Gabriel Martinelli had fixed the hosts a half-time advantage.

However, it turned into a damaging evening for Arsenal’s rubric hopes, conscionable a mates of hours aft Liverpool had scored doubly successful stoppage-time to borderline past Brentford.

Youri Tielemans headed successful conscionable 5 minutes aft Havertz’s extremity to get Villa close backmost successful the match, and Ollie Watkins past took vantage of immoderate incredibly mediocre marking from Thomas Partey to volley successful and permission the Emirates stunned.

Arsenal had conscionable implicit 20 minutes to find a precocious victor and Merino thought helium had provided conscionable that, lone for VAR to halt the celebrations successful the stands.

Seven minutes were added connected and Merino was inches distant from a extremity that would person stood, erstwhile his onslaught smacked disconnected the post, earlier Martinez denied Leandro Trossard from the rebound.

Villa held connected for a point, 1 that leaves Arsenal six points down Liverpool having played a crippled more.