Aston Villa away from home are always a tough nut to crack but having failed to keep a two goal lead against Tottenham Hotspur last week we simply have to win this one in order to stay close to Chelsea and Manchester United.
Aston Villa: Friedel, Luke Young, Dunne, Collins, Warnock, Ashley Young, Clark, Bannan, Downing, Pires, Carew.
Subs: Guzan, Ireland, Delfouneso, Beye, Hogg, Lichaj, Herd.
Arsenal: Fabianski, Sagna, Squillaci, Koscielny, Clichy, Rosicky, Song, Wilshere, Nasri, Chamakh, Arshavin.
Subs: Szczesny, van Persie, Walcott, Denilson, Djourou, Gibbs, Bendtner.
Arsenal face an Aston Villa side who currently sit 13th in the table. They have been going through an injury crisis recently, with Carlos Cuellar, Emile Heskey, Nigel Reo-Coker, Marc Albrighton, Fabian Delph, Stilian Petrov and Steve Sidwell all expected to miss the fixture against Arsenal.
A cracking match developed when Arsenal responded by scoring a third in the 56th minute, Rosicky fed a perfectly weighted pass through to Marouane Chamakh and the Moroccan beat Friedel to the ball and toe-poked home.
The Gunners suffered their first home defeat to arch rivals Tottenham Hotspur in more than 17 years and missed a great chance of climbing to the top of the league table. Goals from Samir Nasri and Marouane Chamakh looked to have killed off the match as Arsenal raced to a two goal lead before half time but Spurs fought back through Gareth Bale and Rafael Van der Vaart before Younes Kaboul grabbed the winner five minutes before the final whistle.
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