Mikel Arteta booked after furious Unai Emery clash as Aston Villa boss makes feelings clear

Mikel Arteta wasn't blessed with a determination during Arsenal's Premier League clash with Aston Villa, with the Gunners hopeless for 3 points pursuing rubric rivals Liverpool's precocious victory

Arsenal brag Mikel Arteta was punished for his Saturday-night clash with Aston Villa manager Unai Emery.

Arteta, who replaced Emery successful the Arsenal dugout conscionable implicit 5 years ago, disagreed with his chap Spanish implicit a throw-in midway done the archetypal fractional of the 2 teams' Premier League fixture. The brace got into a verbal spat arsenic Emery told Arteta to get backmost wrong his method area, a predominant disapproval implicit the Arsenal boss.

Referee Chris Kavanagh past came implicit to the touchline, with 4th authoritative John Busby having had a adjacent oculus connected the incident. Kavanagh proceeded to amusement Arteta a yellowish card, his archetypal of the Premier League season.

The clash took spot conscionable 5 minutes earlier Arsenal took a first-half pb done Gabriel Martinelli. Goal-line technology was needed aft Villa goalkeeper Emi Martinez attempted to claw the shot retired pursuing his archetypal save.

Arsenal were hopeless for each 3 points aft rubric rivals Liverpool had near it precocious to triumph astatine Brentford. Twelve miles distant from the Emirates, Darwin Nunez scored 2 injury-time goals and snatched victory.

The spread betwixt the teams was accrued to 7 points, each having played the aforesaid magnitude of games. Arsenal were without prima defender William Saliba against Villa, forcing midfielder Thomas Partey to driblet backmost into the rearguard alongside Gabriel Magalhaes.

Villa, who mislaid Amadou Onana to wounded aft 37 minutes, had a aureate accidental to instrumentality the pb erstwhile Partey gave the shot distant cheaply and allowed Ollie Watkins to latch onto it. Unfortunately for the visitors, Watkins' effort ballooned implicit the crossbar and the England planetary was soon punished.

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Martinelli struck connected 35 minutes aft converting Leandro Trossard's fantabulous cross. The Belgian had beaten Boubacar Kamara down the near and whipped the shot towards the six-yard box, wherever Martinelli had nipped successful beforehand of Villa left-back Ian Maatsen.

"What did Maatsen cost? £37million?!" ex-Arsenal midfielder Paul Merson asked connected Sky Sports astatine half-time. He ne'er erstwhile turned his caput to spot wherever Martinelli was. It's poor."

It became 2-0 conscionable earlier the hr mark, arsenic Trossard crossed successful again and Kai Havertz tucked home. It was past Emery who mislaid his cool, kicking the shot distant and receiving his 3rd booking of play which volition effect successful a one-match touchline ban.

Youri Tielemans reduced the shortage soon Havertz's extremity and past deed the station a infinitesimal later, arsenic Villa threatened to travel back. Watkins past made it 2-2 successful the 68th minute, getting connected the extremity of a Matty Cash transverse to marque for a blockbuster finish.

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