Arsenal beat Aston Villa 1-0 away from home, following a 2-0 home loss to the powerful Liverpool in the midweek make-up, Arsenal quickly adjusted their mentality, and under the intensive schedule, the away successfully managed to win a victory, one step closer to the Top Four of the Premier League.
Aston Villa is not a fishy team, under the leadership of Gerrard, the record is good, ranking 9th in the Premier League table, this time it is a home game, to relax, in a sense, Villa is a team that can pose a threat to Arsenal.
However, Arsenal's biggest impression this season is that in addition to playing against Big 6 teams, especially super teams such as Manchester City and Liverpool, the results are not ideal, and the scoring ability against middle and lower teams is quite good, even if it is a hard bone such as Wolves and West Ham United, it is difficult to resist Arsenal's attack.
However, the midweek and Liverpool match was too expensive, Arsenal visited Villa Park, whether it can be fully withdrawn, is a big question mark, but Arsenal with tenacity and tenacity, to bring us the answer, in the first half, Arsenal counter-attack, very good contained Villa's attack, Saka in the middle of a low shot to help Arsenal knock on the goal of victory.
But the key to victory or defeat is whether Arsenal can withstand the exhaustion of physical energy in the second half, and sure enough, when the game is carried out to 60 minutes later, the painting style suddenly changes, Villa began to press forward, Arsenal's best point at this time is not to panic, but to stabilize the fence, patiently defuse Villa's ferocious attack, which is also the biggest improvement of Arsenal this season, the defensive stability has begun to gradually move closer to the top teams in the first line.
Villa manager Gerrard constantly dispatched troops, the midfield to send attacking good hands, but it is impossible to break arsenal's iron barrel formation, yes, you heard it right, Arsenal also began to learn to put on the bus when the situation was not favorable to themselves, the scene is not important, the result is the most important, this is the shrewd side of Arsenal manager Arteta.
As desired to reach 3 points, Arsenal in the case of one round less than manchester United behind them, has extended the lead to 4 points, the competition for the Premier League final four occupies a very favorable position, sweeping away the haze of loss to Liverpool, successfully continued the momentum of the previous 5 consecutive wins, the trance of the four crazy devil, suddenly returned to us.