At 01:30 on December 10, Beijing time, in the 16th round of the Premier League, Arsenal visited Villa Park to challenge Aston Villa, and the referee of this game was Jared Gillette. In the first half, Leon Bailey set up McGinn to turn and score, Odegaard missed a good chance and Damian Martinez made a number of saves. In the second half, Odegaard missed another good chance and Havertz was whistled for a goalless equaliser. In the end, Arsenal lost 0-1 away to Villa and lost the top spot in the Premier League.
At the beginning of the game, in the 7th minute, Villa scored first!Leon Bailey's inverted cross from the right was followed up by McGinn to give Villa a 1-0 lead over Arsenal.
In the 16th minute, Arsenal counter-attacked, Saka's follow-up shot from the right was blocked, and then Rice split the side and Ben White's lob went high. In the 23rd minute, Villa got a free kick opportunity on the right side of the front, and Digne chose to hit the goal directly, but the ball was blocked by the human wall.
In the 33rd minute, Ode's high and low shot burst into a cold arrow, the ball was slightly off, and in the 38th minute, Havertz broke through the cross from the left, Jesus kept knocking the ball back, and Odegaard adjusted the shot and was defused by Martinez.
In the 40th minute, Tielemans sent in a through ball and Watkins' follow-up one-on-one effort was saved by David Raya, but the goal was also ruled offside by the referee. In the 42nd minute, Jesus got the ball on the left side and cut inside and hit the goal, and the ball was again defused by Martinez. At the end of the first half, Arsenal temporarily trailed Villa 0-1.
In the 46th minute, Gabriel Jesus was brought down by Luiz in the box, and the referee did not blow for a penalty.
In the 56th minute, Villa made a mistake in the chaotic battle in front of the goal, and almost made an own goal.
In the 58th minute, Kai Havertz inserted an inverted triangle pass into the penalty area, and Odegaard pushed the shot wide.
In the 61st minute, Saka scored a single goal, which was ruled invalid for offside!
In the 76th minute, Rice tripped and fouled and received his first yellow card in the Premier League this season.
In the 90th minute, Kai Havertz scored a goal just before the end of the game, but it was disallowed!
In the 90+6th minute, at the last minute, Havertz clashed with Martinez.
In the end, Arsenal lost 1-0 away to Villa, who set a team record for 15 consecutive home wins.
Netizen message: The Premier League referee is another masterpiece against the sky, the obvious penalty is not awarded, the obvious elbow red card is not given, and the obvious effective goal is not counted, sometimes I really feel the impact of this external force on the fairness of the game.
Let's not talk about the referee. Arsenal's ability to grasp is not to be summed up well?Missing a finishing striker?!A few anti-offside positions at the beginning of the second half, such a good chance, not a single one. At that time, I said that if I don't grasp the back, I won't have a chance!After Villa adjusted their position, you can see if it can't be transmitted. Stadium opportunities are fleeting!Your own problem is greater than the referee's problem!”
Defensively, Villa's two-man midfielder limited Odegaard and defended Arsenal's wing-backs for offside, but Arsenal's response was just as brilliant – using the space created by Gabriel Jesus to drop back and receive the ball and rely on Kai Havertz Martin's excellent counter-runs to create a threat to the flanks and ribs, but the synergy between the Villa defenders and goalkeeper prevented Arsenal from equalising. However, Arsenal did a good job of fighting for two penalties before the 70 minutes, Havertz, Zinchenko and Rice were the main contributors to this, while Saliba was almost the fulcrum destroyer, and Watkins did not take advantage of him. After 70 minutes, with Arsenal's physical decline and Emery's rapid adjustment, the game entered a stalemate, and it was a pity that Arsenal had no one to step up in this situation - Havertz did his best, but unfortunately Villa held to the end.