Arsenal Tekuk Villa 2-1, Rebut Kembali Posisi Puncak
Arsenal Beats Villa 2-1, Reclaims Go Top Again
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
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Birmingham (B2B) - Arsenal kembali ke puncak klasemen sementara Liga Inggris setelah mengalahkan Aston Villa dengan skor 2-1 di Villa Park (kandang Villa), Selasa dini hari.
Kedua gol Arsenal diciptakan di babak pertama pada menit 34 oleh J Wilsheres dan satu menit kemudian oleh O Giroud. Sementara gol balasan Villa dicetap di menit 76 babak kedua oleh Bentake.
Pada pertandingan ini Arsenal menguasai pertandingan dengan penguasaan bola 63% dibanding Villa yang hanya 37%, seperti dilansir Yahoo News.
Namun Villa lebih banyak melakukan tendangan yakni 11 tendangan dengan lima tendangan mengarah ke gawang. Sementara Arsenal hanya delapan tendangan dengan empat tendangan ke arah gawang.
Pada pertadingan ini, wasit terpaksa membagi empat kartu kuning, yakni dua kartu kuning untuk masing-masing klub.
Birmingham - Arsenal scored two goals in the space of 59 seconds on its way to a 2-1 win over Aston Villa that put the visitors back on top of the Premier League today.
Jack Wilshere´s 34th-minute opener was quickly followed by a well-taken goal by Olivier Giroud, which proved to be enough to lift Arsenal back above Manchester City and Chelsea after their victories at the weekend.
Belgium striker Christian Benteke scored his first goal since mid-September to give Villa hope in the 76th minute but the home side couldn´t find an equalizer despite late pressure.
With its fourth straight league win, Arsenal restored its one-point lead over City after 21 matches.
To cap another disappointing result at Villa Park for the mid-table hosts, Villa defender Nathan Baker was carried off on a stretcher in the 21st minute after briefly losing consciousness when he was hit straight in the face by a shot from Arsenal winger Serge Gnabry.
