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Arsenal blow two-goal lead with Arteta ‘worried’ about Saliba injury
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta after the Premier League match at the Emirates Stadium, London, January 18, 2025

Arsenal 2-2 Aston Villa
by Layth Yousif
at the Emirates Stadium

 

VAR denied Arsenal a last-gasp victory over Aston Villa, on a bitterly cold afternoon in north London.

There was frustration all-round after Mikel Arteta’s side blew a two-goal lead, prior to the Video Assistant Referee disallowing a late Gunners strike for Kai Havertz’s handball.

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