football match I'm talking about the emirat stadium here in North London I'm Derek Ray and adjacent to me in the commentary box is Stuart Robson and looking forward to bringing you action from the Premier League coming right up it's Arsenal up against Aston Villa yes thanks as always Derek we've got two good teams here so I'm anticipating could be [Applause] in he cuts it back here are the starters for Arsenal Leandro trar plays with bukayo Saka on the flanks and in this tactical setup they have just the one player in attack teammates available [Music] [Applause] thar far he could pick out a teammate and here's the starting 11 for Aston Villa Matty cash plays with lucard in the fullback positions John MC B moment this and it goes the opening goal in this [Applause] contest well I have to say this is a really good goal he skips past his marker and that gives him the space to get his shot away excellent stuff from it [Applause] so the match has restarted One n here Musa di ABI oh great vision on a textbook interception [Applause] Oly Watkins able to skip past his man and with that the attack Fizzles [Applause] out they need to get tighter hav opportunity but he must get rid of the ball from a long way out was always likely to be the goalkeeper's ball Watkins Villa couldn't keep the [Applause] ball far throws s rice well passing moves like this will keep confidence levels up rice and here's parte HZ he has time to play it over habit onto thr s it's looking promising keeper did his job to begin with so halime that will close the book on the [Applause] first Arsenal with the lead going into this second half but no room for complacency [Applause] now the pass not finding its Target well Kai havit very difficult to contain in the first half how would you sum up his performance well Derek he took his goal well and was a constant threat throughout that first half I thought he showed a lot of skill to get out of tight situations and he had a real impact on the play oh wait a minute they could well be in and a goal to level this contest all even so back underway following The Equalizer Zan [Applause] rice Ben White it's with erigon [Applause] far and the ball back with Villa now now can they counter Clinic [Applause] Martin erard Arsenal unable to retain possession plenty of support here Kai havs then white hit and the keeper more than equal to the [Applause] task 20 minutes to go in this one Kai havitz and a good challenge to bring that attack to an [Applause] [Music] end I must say this looks promising can they Forge ahead well they would have done had it not been for the keeper well they should be ahead now yes it was a good save Derek but he should score from there now they're going to alter things here's the substitution now counterattacking possibilities Advantage Arsenal habits and forward go Arsenal do they have a late winning goal in their future and credit is due for that good piece of Defending now who can he play it to oh great attacking play a routine [Applause] save and promising stuff from Arsenal can he put them in front the threat was there but no problems now a good effective pressure high up the pitch there we have it the 19