
Arsenal 2-2 Aston Villa: Gunners blow two-goal lead and slip up in title race as Youri Tielemans and Ollie Watkins strike to seal dramatic comeback
Daily MailDifferent year, same old feeling for Mikel Arteta. At six points behind, and with Arne Slot’s side holding a game in hand, Arteta will be acutely aware of what Arsenal blew along with their two-goal lead. Arsenal were dealt a blow in the title race as Aston Villa fought back in a 2-2 draw Ollie Watkins tucked a superb volley over David Raya to complete the comeback Kai Havertz's goal had put the Gunners two goals ahead in a thriller at the Emirates The second? Arsenal looked to have won it at the death but Mikel Merino's strike hit Havertz's arm Havertz wheeled away to celebrate but VAR intervened to chalk the goal off for handball Given a little time to settle, Villa began to look dangerous on the break, only for Watkins to run repeatedly into Gabriel Magalhaes – as ever, precious little got past him. Gabriel Martinelli opened the scoring after ghosting in at the far post to beat Emi Martinez Martinez pushed the ball away from the net but replays showed it had already crossed the line Tielemans stooped to beat Raya and halve the deficit, sparking Villa's resurgence Mikel Arteta's title hopefuls are now six points adrift of runaway league leaders Liverpool Tielemans was first to eat into the deficit with a diving header, afforded by Merino’s fairly dire marking from a Digne ball, and then Watkins threatened to turn the place feral with his volley for 2-2.
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