Villa, however, scored twice in the space of eight second-half minutes as Youri Tielemans and Ollie Watkins found the net. The draw means Arsenal are now six points off Premier League leaders Liverpool, who have a game in hand as well.

Mikel Arteta's side trail leaders Liverpool by four points heading into Saturday's action, when Arne Slot's men visit Brentford before Arsenal host Aston Villa later on

Aston Villa striker Ollie Watkins proved a thorn in Arsenal's side again as he completed his side's comeback with the equaliser in a 2-2 draw in the Premier League on Saturday.Arsenal looked on course

Arsenal held on to a much-needed 2-1 victory at home to Tottenham Hotspur on Wednesday night. Mikel Arteta called the north London derby "the nicest game of the season to watch". The neutral - if such a thing exists in the modern game - would have certainly enjoyed this midweek offering of chaos-ball,

Arsenal’s Premier League title bid was dealt a hammer blow after they surrendered a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 with Aston Villa at the Emirates. Gabriel Martinelli fired Arsenal ahead in the first half before Kai Havertz doubled the home side’s advantage 10 minutes after the interval.

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Arsenal has already dropped 12 points from winning positions this season and couldn’t hold on against Villa without injured defensive lynchpin William Saliba. It was the first time since 2019 that Arsenal failed to win at home in the Premier League when being two goals clear,

Gunners surrender two-goal lead as Ollie Watkins hurts Premier League title hopes - Arsenal thought they had a late winner but VAR intervened

Arsenal’s Premier League title hopes took another blow as they blew a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 with Aston Villa. The Gunners were in command for the best of an hour thanks to Gabriel Martinelli and Kai Havertz’s goals either side of half-time but Villa scored twice in eight minutes to level the game.

SPORT will bring you all the latest transfer football news and major talking points from the Premier League and beyond. Darwin Nunez was the hero for Liverpool as he came off the bench to

More bad news was to follow when Darwin Nunez scored his first top-flight goals since November to turn one point into three and extend Liverpool’s lead to seven points. Arsenal shaved one of those off, but it felt insufficient given their rivals have a game in hand.