**Riccardo Calafiori** commented on a 1-0 victory for **Arsenal** against **Aston Villa**.
The Italian registered an assist for **Kai Havertz** to mark the start of the campaign at the **Emirates Stadium**, and he grabbed another to set up **Bukayo Saka** for the only goal of the game at **Villa Park**.
·‘We fight and we track back’
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But first and foremost, he is part of the most formidable defensive unit in the English topflight.
The _Gunners_ have now kept three successive clean sheets, defeating **Manchester City** 3-0 in the **Community Shield** and **Coventry City** by the same score on opening day in the **Premier League**.
Their defensive discipline has quickly come back into place after some sloppy phases off the ball during preseason, and the addition of two senior summer signings strengthens the spine of the side.
_"I think it’s impossible \[to know the reason for starting the season well. I’m so happy with the clean sheet, especially when I talk with the guys - the defenders - I always say that if we don’t concede, we obviously have much more chance to win the game, and I think we always do so well._
_"I’m so tired. At the end of the game, it's so important for us, especially at a tough place like this one, we just want to win when we come here and we did it._
_"In pre-season we were upset, I think we conceded too much, but then as the season started, we have all the players back. We fight, and you see today how we do mistakes sometimes, but how we track back with the runs, it’s unbelievable, and each player, even the attackers, so I’m so happy._
_"I think it’s so easy to settle into our team - it was for me when I arrived - and for them, \[_**_Bruno Guimaraes_** _and_ **_Ezri Konsa_**_\] are already much older than me and know the_ **_Premier League_** _much better than me so they are prepared and I think they’re good people outside the pitch as well."_