01！Unai Emery made history by beating the Manchester City Gunners 15 consecutive victories and sending Liverpool to the top
With Manchester City winless in four games and Tottenham drawing and losing four, Arsenal were on the winning side, beating other teams in Luton Town to move to the top of the table. In the 16th round of the league, Arsenal travelled to Villa Park to face Aston Villa, McGinn scored the only goal of the game, while Arsenal lost the league title 0-1 and lost the top spot to Liverpool.
If there is one of the biggest upsets in the league this season, it is Unai Emery's Villa, who have won Manchester City, Chelsea, Brighton and Tottenham, and before that, they were already in third place, four points behind Arsenal. They have 14 wins in the Premier League, having been beaten 4-2 by Arsenal last time out.
Mikel Arteta was sent off for accumulating yellow cards, with Bukayo Saka, Martinelli and Gabriel Jesus forming a three-man squadKai Havertz, Odegaard, Rice, defending the middle;Zinchenko, Gabriel, Saliba, Ben White formed their defence and Raya defended in front of goal. Villa also played a 442-1 combination: Walters pushed forward and Tielemans waited behind him;McGinn and Leon Bailey stood on the flanks;Pau Torres and Digne were partnered at back, while Martinez and Unai Emery played at home to their former clubs.
Just seven minutes into the game, Villa showed their home advantage, Tielemans passed through, Leon Bailey burst in on the right flank, avoided Gabriel and Rice, McGinn received a pass and scored, 0:1!Arsenal conceded a goal at the start of the game.
Under Villa's aggressive attack, Arsenal used plenty of long balls and high-speed passes to launch attacks behind the opposition's back;In the 31st minute, Odegaard sent the ball to the edge of the box and Bukayo Saka received a pass from Pau Torres on the right and fired well but did not do any damage to Martinez. In the 33rd minute, Odegaard's low shot from in front of the box was deflected wide and the ball flew out of the goal. Two minutes later, Gabriel played a long ball from outside the box and Martinelli quickly dribbled away from Martinez on the left wing, but Diego Carlos followed up in time to keep the ball out on the goal line.
In the 38th minute, Arsenal started their attack down the left again, Havertz cut through, Jesus crossed back from a tight area, Odegaard stopped the ball and fired again, but Martinez kept it out. In the 41st minute, Martinez launched a new round of attack, Jesus received a pass from director Zinchen, cut inside and shot into the far corner, which was saved by Martinez, and several threats from Arsenal were defused by him one by one.
Two minutes into the second half, Douglas Luiz kicked Gabriel Jesus to the ground with a kick from inside the box, but the referee didn't react. In the 56th minute, Ode whipped in a big free-kick and Watkins hit a post on the counter-attack, but Martinez was quick to get on the ball. In the 58th minute, Kai Havertz latched on to a beautiful pass and slotted the ball into Odegaard's tight angleArsenal had more focus in the second half, but the final blow was poorly done.
In the 60th minute, Diaby received a cross after substitution, and Digne fired a low shot from the left, which was blocked by Raya at the near post in timeIn the 67th minute, Diaby once again got rid of the entanglement of defenders and moved his pass to the feet of Watkins, who Raya saved;With the scoreline trailing, Mikel Arteta brought on Trossard for Martinelli, while Unai Emery made five substitutions in the space of 80 minutes and kept the opposition under constant pressure during the game.
In the 90th minute, Rice's pass from the right sent Villa into a scuffle, and Havertz and Cash scored in a scuffle, but VAR thought Havertz was deliberate and the goal was disallowed, but Cash also committed a clear foul. In the 97th minute, a pass from Rice on the right was headed out by Nketiah and Arsenal also missed a good chance to equalise. Arsenal's six wins in all leagues came to a halt and their place in the table was taken by the Reds. Unai Emery has led the team to 15 wins in 15 games this season, a new record in the club's history, and is just two points clear of first-placed Liverpool.