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Aston Villa 2-2 Arsenal: Unai Emery haunts former club as their title charge falters

Unai Emery's Aston Villa denied his former club Arsenal the chance to go back to the top of the Premier League as they played out a dramatic draw at Villa Park.

Villa twice went ahead through Ollie Watkins and Philippe Coutinho in the firstt half as they hosts pressed high early on.

They were pegged back by strikes from Bukayo Saka and Oleksandr Zinchenko either side of the break, but Villa's defensive strength was evident as they earned a deserved point.

Mikel Arteta's side remain level on points with Manchester City, but are now winless in three league games

There was an electric pace to the game from the off, and Villa took the lead inside five minutes through Watkins' fourth goal in as many games.