Arsenal fell to a 1-0 defeat away at Aston Villa on Saturday, as Ollie Watkins’ early strike proved to be the difference.
The former Brentford striker scored after just two minutes on the back of an assist from Bertrand Traore, and the Gunners’ simply couldn’t respond.
Martin Odegaard was brought on as a substitute just after the hour mark, but the Real Madrid loanee was unable to spark any change to Arsenal’s lacklustre display.
Former Arsenal goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez kept his 11th clean sheet of the campaign, as the Gunners slipped to tenth place in the Premier League before the other 18 teams took to the field.
