Arsenal settle in fourth place and make history in the Premier

Writing Sports, 19 Mar A goal by Bukayo Saka, within half an hour of play, gave Mikel Arteta's Arsenal away victory over Aston Villa by Steven Gerrard, a victory that consolidates him in fourth place in the Premier, with four points ahead of Manchester United and one less match. Saka's goal also made the gunners the fourth club to score 2,000 goals in the Premier since its creation in May 1992, something that only Manchester United (which has scored 2,176 goals) and Liverpool (2002) have achieved. But, above all, the victory at Villa Park reinforces the aspirations of the Arteta team, which opens room for its pursuers in their attempt to return to a Champions League that the club has not disputed for five seasons. Guided by the game of Norwegian Martin Odegaard and the good moment of Saka, who at 20 years old already scored 9 goals in 28 matches, the “gunners” have managed to chain five consecutive victories as visitors for the first time since 2015 and are a solid team. Against Aston Villa, they knew how to cancel Coutinho and found victory thanks to a shot from outside the Saka area, to which Argentine Emiliano Martínez, covered by a cloud of players, responded late. The villains, who did not lose their face to the game, found hardly any way to damage Arsenal beyond a ball that repelled the post, in the 68th minute, after a shot by Ollie Watkins who rejected against his goal Emile Smith Rowe. CHIEF sd/og