Best achievement in 17 years
With a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Aston Villa, Arsenal have had 5 consecutive wins this season. The last time they achieved this achievement was in the 2004-2005 season, exactly 17 years ago. In the history of the Gunners, they have only won 4 times in the opening 5 matches of the season.
On the European level, only the Gunners are still maintaining a perfect winning streak. Teams that are considered stronger and overwhelming than opponents such as Manchester City, PSG, Bayern Munich have all had draws in recent rounds.
But more importantly, the Gunners are still maintaining the top spot with 12 points, 2 points more than Man City in the rankings. In the context of strong teams like Liverpool and Chelsea falling behind, Arsenal is showing that they are the ones who are really challenging Pep Guardiola's team for the Premier League title this year.
Arsenal's bravery
In this match, Gabriel Jesus fired again, with the opening shot in the 30th minute. In just 5 matches this season, the Brazilian star has scored 3 goals and 3 assists, meaning that on average he has contributed his footfall to the goal in every match. That is the stability and courage that few Arsenal strikers have brought in in recent seasons.
After Jesus' lead, Arsenal suffered an extremely uncomfortable equaliser from Aston Villa, when Douglas Luiz took a corner kick into the Ramsdale net in the 74th minute. It is worth mentioning that the English goalkeeper seemed to be over impressed by Jacob Ramsey, but VAR still recognized the goal.
It took them just three minutes to re-establish their lead after Arsenal thought they would accept losing points. With a combination with Saka, the goalscorer was still Gabriels but this time Martinelli, thereby helping the Gunners win 2-1 overall. The incredible speed back from conceding goals is considered Arsenal's new weapon this season, as they did in the 2-4 win over Leicester City or 2-1 against Fulham.
Aston Villa is too rough
After the loss to Arsenal, Aston Villa are ranked 19th. In the opening 5 matches, they have lost 4 and won only 1 match. broadly speaking, coach Gerrard and his team have won only 3 out of their last 15 matches in the Premier League.
In this match, Aston Villa had more fouls than Arsenal (14 compared to 10). That is not to mention the situations that the referee ignored for the away team. For example, when Tyrone Mings faced Bukayo Saka in the box, VAR still did not give Arsenal a penalty.
Then, John McGinn came on with Martin Odegaard in the 69th minute, but only received a yellow card, despite the Arsenal captain being seriously injured and having to leave the pitch. It is also un mentionable the situation that almost created a turning point, when Jacob Ramsey hugged goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale in the 74th minute, to turn Douglas Luiz's corner kick into a controversial goal.
