Aston Villa 1-0 Arsenal: summary: score, goals, highlights, Premier League 23-24

Has packed Villa Park were treated to another thrilling Premier League encounter as in-form Aston Villa edged out Arsenal in a tense and compelling clash.

The only goal of the contest came in the 7th minute as Jack McGinn swiveled in the box to instinctively tick the ball past David Raya in the Arsenal goal and for the rest of the first half, Villa sat deeper and invited Arsenal to attack.

The Gunners almost equalized when Martinelli chipped Martinez goal Diego Carlos was on hand to clear from the line.

The second half was more of the same as Arsenal laid siege to the Villa goal and a series of switches from Villa boss Unai Emery had the desired effect in changing the dynamics of the game as Arsenal became more and more frustrated.

Kai Havertz did bundle the ball into the Villa net late on but a VAR review disallowed the effort with the German striker handling in the build-up.

Villa held strong to secure a moral boosting win and in doing so created club history recording a 15th straight home win.

Unai Emery’s Aston Villa really are on fire!