Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta saw his team squeak out a 1-0 win over Aston Villa at Villa Park on Monday to keep an unblemished Premier League title defense.
The Gunners took a second-half lead on Bukayo Saka’s second goal of the Premier League season and rode that through stoppage time to all three points.
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Old boss Unai Emery flustered the Gunners for much of the game but the flip side was Arsenal showed very few openings to the Villans attack.
There was some bad news from the win, as Cristhian Mosquera had to exit with an apparently leg injury late in the contest.
We’ll share all of Mikel Arteta’s words as soon as he speaks from Villa Park.