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Despite not being at their best, Arsenal dug deep to record a win at Villa Park, after goals from Leandro Trossard and Thomas Partey gave them a 2-0 victory over Aston Villa.

 

There was evidently plenty of respect between the two sides as this game began, with each team retreating and getting behind the ball when the other had possession. It was Arsenal who took hold of the game in the early stages of the first half – with 70% of the possession – and were denied by good goalkeeping by Martinez, yet it was Villa who had the best chance of the early stages. When Leon Bailey robbed Gabriel, he passed the ball favorably into the path of Watkins, who somehow missed the target from 12 yards with the goal gaping.

 

With half-time approaching, the game had still not come to life as much as many would have hoped. Other than Watkins’ miss, the only chances from there on were not clear-cut, as both teams continued to gently spar with one another in this early stage of the season.

 

The second half started in largely the same fashion as the first half ended, with the play never really flowing, but as time moved on it was Villa, not Arsenal, who had the upper hand. Having weathered the storm of the first-half, it was the home side who were trying to win the game.

 

Yet it was Arsenal who opened the scoring, after Saka pulled the ball back to Leandro Trossard, who’d only been on a matter of minutes, slotted the ball home. Then, having made a great save in the first half, Martinez was at fault, letting a shot from Partey slip in past him for two nil. Despite not being at their best, Arsenal had put themselves in a commanding position, to which Aston Villa had no answer.