"Emi Buendia came off the bench to net a 95th-minute winner for Aston Villa and hand Arsenal just their second defeat of the season. The Argentina international showed great poise to fire into the roof of the net after the Arsenal defence had repelled efforts from Youri Tielemans, Buendia himself and Boubacar Kamara. It had seemed as though another substitute, Arsenal's Leandro Trossard, would be the headline-maker after coming off the bench at half-time to cancel out Matty Cash's first-half opener."
"Trossard had missed the Gunners' last two games after sustaining an injury against Bayern Munich but replaced the ineffective Eberechi Eze at the break and promptly made his mark, firing in at the far post after 53 minutes. Villa had taken a deserved lead thanks to Cash but the introduction of Trossard and Viktor Gyokeres gave the visitors a greater attacking threat, although the Belgian was taken off late on after possibly suffering a recurrence of his previous problem."
"The defeat means Manchester City, who host Sunderland this afternoon, can trim their deficit to the Gunners to just two points. Villa, who go second for a couple of hours at least, could have been ahead inside 12 minutes with only a fine save from Raya keeping out Ollie Watkins after the England international had turned inside Jurrien Timber, back in the Arsenal side today as one of three changes made by Mikel Arteta."
Aston Villa beat Arsenal with a 95th-minute goal from Emi Buendia, handing Arsenal their second defeat of the season. Buendia fired into the roof of the net after Villa endured a spell of Arsenal pressure that saw repelled attempts from Tielemans, Buendia and Kamara. Leandro Trossard equalised in the 53rd minute after replacing Eberechi Eze, finishing at the far post following Matty Cash's first-half opener. Villa had deservedly led through Cash after Pau Torres' cross deflected off Jurrien Timber into his path. The defeat allows Manchester City to reduce their gap to Arsenal later that day.
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