With Manchester City showing no signs of dropping off, Arsenal’s win could be more valuable than just three points
Arsenal 's manager Mikel Arteta , Jurrien Timber, Ben White and team-mates applaud the fans after the Premier League win at Villa Park. Photograph: David Davies/PAIt’s still very early; the picture hasn’t cleared yet.
And that’s how Arsenal, after one of the all-time great Premier League campaigns, found themselves criticised for their mentality. In adversity, they were not good. Last season, when Newcastle scored a controversial goal against them, when Fulham came back at them, when West Ham proved more stubborn than expected, when errors let Bayern back into the game, they buckled. Which was simultaneously true and ludicrous.
Leandro Trossard of Arsenal celebrates scoring his team's first goal against Aston Villa with teammate Thomas Partey. Photograph: Shaun Botterill/Getty Images Saturday’s win could be portrayed as an Arsenal masterclass, drawing Villa’s sting, holding them at arm’s length and then picking them off. Or it could be regarded as them getting away with it as last season’s fourth top-scorer in the Premier League, the forward who scored the last-minute winner for England with icy precision in the semi-final of the Euros, had a rare off day. The truth, almost certainly, is somewhere in between.
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