"Obviously we are extremely disappointed with the way we lost the game, but first of all I want to congratulate Villa because they are a really good side, and they are really good at what they do. We had some difficulties in the first half, especially with some very unusual giveaways that we have given after regaining the ball, which is a really dangerous moment against them. But apart from the Watkins situation, which is a foul, I don't recall anything apart from the goal."
"We generated chances, scored the goal, and my feeling was that we were going to go on and win the game. We could have lost it before, again with two very dangerous individual giveaways, and we didn't. We had two chances to score, the last one with the ball across to Declan and we didn't capitalise on that. The next goal kick [went] long, it goes there, second ball, we put it away for a throw-in,"
Arsenal lost 2-1 away to Aston Villa, suffering their second defeat of the season. Manchester City now sit two points behind Arsenal at the top of the table. The first half featured unusual giveaways after regaining possession that caused difficulties, with the Watkins incident ruled a foul but otherwise no other major issues. The second half brought more positive play: Arsenal generated chances, scored, and believed they would win. A missed chance from a cross to Declan preceded a long goal kick, a chaotic scramble and a Villa top-corner finish, illustrating the quality and fine margins of the league.
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