Arsenal beat Aston Villa 2-1 on Wednesday night. The Gunners claimed their fifth win in a row. They also remained on top of the Premier League table.
The media were also praising Gunner’s defense in the match. Many media people also said that Gabriel Magalhaes had his best game of the season
ARSENAL AGAINST ASTON VILLA FULL MATCH REPORT
Arsenal defeated Aston Villa 2-1 on Wednesday night. The Gunners dominated the whole match. However, Villa were also causing trouble on the counter. Mikel Arteta’s team started the match well. The Gunners dominated the first half. However, they could not score in the first half. They were kept at bay by a physical opposition. However, the Gunners finally broke the deadlock in the second half.
Arsenal’s changes scored in the 60th minute. Emi Martinez parried the cross of Granit Xhaka into the path of Gabriel Jesus. Gabriel Jesus as usual on his part rifled the ball into the net. Villa then managed to get the equalizer as Douglas Luiz scored directly from the corner. However, Gabriel Martinelli scored the winning goal three minutes later to keep the winning streak going for the season.
THE MEDIA AND FANS WERE VERY IMPRESSED BY THE PERFORMANCE OF GABRIEL MAGALHAES
The one Arsenal player that caught the eye of media and fans was central defender Gabriel Magalhaes. Quite a few Gunners players impressed on the night. However, Gabriel earned some high praise from the media. The Evening Standard rated his performance 8 out of 10. They said,” Arguably his best game of the season so far and was probably Arsenal’s best defender on the night too,” they wrote.
While other also rated the performance of the center-back as very solid and aerially dominant in the whole game. The Brazilian defender made a howler against Fulham on Saturday. His howler helped Fulham lead first. However, they managed to beat Fulham 2-1. The defender scored for Arsenal to redeem the situation. However, there was no howler on Wednesday against Aston Villa.
Whereas, Aston Villa are now in big problems. Nothing is going right for them this season. There are also claims that Villa manager Steven Gerrard will be sacked if performances do not improve. However, Arsenal are certainly heading up this season under Mikel Arteta.
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