Chris Sutton was impressed with Arsenal’s 2-0 win against Aston Villa this evening, as the Gunners overcame a very difficult opponent to secure yet another away victory.
Mikel Arteta’s side lost both home and away to Villa last season, raising concerns that it could happen again.
Unai Emery has relished every opportunity to beat the Gunners since becoming Villa’s manager, and this match presented another chance for him to continue a two-game winning streak against them.
However, it wasn’t to be, even though his team started well and caused Arsenal plenty of problems, particularly in the first half.
Arsenal showed maturity in holding off Villa while patiently searching for openings to break down their hosts.
Their perseverance paid off in the second half as they scored twice and controlled the game to secure an important victory.
Chris Sutton watched the game and was impressed with how Arsenal defeated such a strong opponent.
He acknowledged that this performance is a clear sign that Arsenal are genuine contenders in this season’s title race.
He said on the BBC:
“That is the type of victory which wins you the title.”
Just Arsenal Opinion
This win is one of the best we have had this year because it was against a really good opponent whom our recent history against was bad.
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It wasn’t classic Arsenal at our best, but nothing clinical than scoring with your first touch but that is precisely what the Belgian international did in crunch time.
Surely this is the type of performance and mentality that it will take to wrestles away that big mug from the champion.
It’s an encouraging start, particularly yesterday’s victory against our recent bogey team. So, it’s obviously “Well done everyone”.
However, City (another Haaland hat trick) and Sp*rs both had convincing wins – albeit both at home against lesser opponents – and Liverpool is yet to play their second game as well.
It’s still the earliest of early days but, hopefully, we’ll get a better idea of how things are going (not just for Arsenal, but for the other potential title challengers) after ten games or so. If Arsenal maintains their good form, then they should be nicely placed.
Our First 11 is good. also the bench for defence is good but for attack there is only Trossard as reliable from bench. We need to get get some one there before window closes. Otherwise at some stage of this marathon we will definitely fall short
I agree with you about that. Whether it will happen is another matter though.
A quote earlier from Arteta suggested that he was likely to go with what he’s got, but a later one mentioned possible injuries could still be a factor in any transfer decisions. We’ll just have to wait and see. There isn’t much time left.