{"id":31437,"date":"2025-01-18T19:53:47","date_gmt":"2025-01-18T19:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=31437"},"modified":"2025-01-18T20:08:43","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T20:08:43","slug":"arsenal-2-2-aston-villa-premier-league-highlights-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/arsenal-2-2-aston-villa-premier-league-highlights-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal slip at home to Aston Villa once again as title race falls further out of reach"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu for the Gunners at home to Aston Villa as Arsenal slipped in the title race during Saturday’s 2-2 draw in the capital.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Shortly after Darwin Nunez’s injury time double<\/a> stole an invaluable three points for league leaders Liverpool at Brentford, Arsenal failed to keep the pressure on and dropped two crucial points.<\/p>\n

In similar fashion to last season’s clash at the Emirates when Villa won 2-0 and cost Arsenal their first league title in two decades, this time it was a frustrating draw which leaves Liverpool with a six-point advantage at the top including a game in hand.<\/p>\n

Gabriel Martinelli opened the scoring before half-time and Kai Havertz doubled Arsenal’s lead after 55 minutes but Youri Tielemans quickly pulled one back on the hour mark for the visitors to keep things interesting.<\/p>\n

Eight minutes later, the scores were level through Ollie Watkins and the stadium groaned in displeasure as Arsenal blew a golden opportunity once again at the hands of former manager Unai Emery.<\/p>\n

The Emirates faithful thought they’d nicked the win on the stroke of injury time when Mikel Merino’s strike deflected off Havertz and went in, but VAR intervened to crash the party and rule the goal out for offside.<\/p>\n

As per the best football betting sites<\/a>, Arsenal are now considered a general 5\/1 chance to win the Premier League this season and Liverpool are continuing to pull away each week.<\/p>\n

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WATCH: Arsenal 2-2 Aston Villa Highlights<\/h2>\n