What an opening day fixture. Aston Villa came out the 3-1 surprise victors. Benteke scored twice as new signing Luna finished off Arsenal in the 85' minute. The only goal form Arsenal came from Giroud. Arsenal got the goals underway when Giroud scored in the 6' minute. A great cross from Walcott was met by Giroud who put it past Guzan. At this point people must have thought that the game Arsenal's. But there was still 85 minutes left and that changed everything. It took Aston Villa 15 minutes to get on its feet and from then on it was a very thrilling match. Aston Villa won a penalty which Benteke failed to convert but he was on hand to head the rebound home. from then the game was very end-to-end with both team getting very good chances to score. Arsenal had its fair chance of chances with Rosicky missing an open chance with a one-on-one with the goalie. he finessed it much high and wide. Aston Villa had chances through Weimenn whose weak shot with his left was blocked by Kosielny. Later in the game Aston Villa was awarded a penalty after Kosielny took doe Agblonahore. It looked like he got the ball but the referee thought otherwise. The penalty was cooly converted by Benteke. From then on Arsenal had a boatload of chances which again Rosicky missed. Then Kosielny took down Gabbie which saw him get his second yellow and get sent off. Arsenal were down to ten men and 2-1 down. They fought hard but in vain when new signing Antonio Luna finished Arsenal off when Aston Villa counter-attacked and when Arsenal empty at the back and he easily put it past the Arsenal keeper. It was good game but very much affected by the referee's decisions. Arsenal haven't spent of their 70M war chest given to them and only bought one player, Yaya Sonogo, on a free transfer. Arsenal fans were worried about the lack of spending this transfer window but the window is not closed and they have been recently been linked with Chelsea target, Wayne Rooney. This win proves that Aston Villa have what it takes to challenge them top teams. Arsenal need to get some signings in then they can really affect the premier league.
Other results:
Norwich City 2-2 Everton
Liverpool 1-0 Stoke
Sunderland 0-1 Fulham
West Brom 0-1 Southampton
West Ham 2-0 Cardiff
Swansea v Man Utd
(Coming soon)
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