ARSENAL have to settle for a point after a thrilling 2-2 with Aston Villa. Gabriel Martinelli broke the deadlock on 35 minutes despite Emiliano Martinez’s best efforts to stop the ball

Wolves and Aston Villa have both been selected for live TV coverage ahead of their respective FA Cup fourth round matches.

Arsenal had to start putting together the sort of run that saw them be almost perfect in the second half of last season but two more dropped points, their eighth draw of the season, leaves them with a lot of ground to make up. There have been red cards to point to in the other games but this result was of their own making.

The Gunners were playing after Liverpool picked up their 15th win of the season away at Brentford, courtesy of a late Darwin Nunez brace. The north Londoners had drawn once and won twice in their previous three games, just as opponents Aston Villa had, with Unai Emery’s side battling to retain a place in Europe this season.

Former Chelsea player, Chris Sutton has predicted the Premier League matches taking place this weekend and on Monday. Newcastle United will welcome Bournemouth in an early kick-off on Saturday afternoon at St.

Losing to Aston Villa twice played a major role in Arsenal falling short in last season's Premier League title race, and manager Mikel Arteta does not want to take Unai Emery's side for granted despite a win at Villa Park in August.

Paul Merson joked that his emotions echoed those of an infuriated Arsenal fan after Aston Villa dented their title hopes. The Gunners failed to close the gap on Premier League leaders Liverpool by

A group of Villa fans will never have a pre-match drink like this one - when the future King of England joined them in a Birmingham pub

But Youri Tielemans headed Aston Villa back into it at the near post before a smart finish from Ollie Watkins off the bar brought the visitors level. Havertz then controversially had a goal disallowed via VAR for an apparent handball late on, before Mikel Merino hit the post, as we were left frustrated at full-time.

Darwin Nunez struck twice in stoppage time to earn Liverpool a 2-0 win at Brentford and a six-point Premier League lead over Arsenal, who blew a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 against Aston Villa on Saturday.

Darwin Nunez struck twice in stoppage time to earn Liverpool a 2-0 win at Brentford and a six-point Premier League lead over Arsenal, who blew a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 against Aston Villa on Saturday.