Arsenal had to start putting together the sort of run that saw them be almost perfect in the second half of last season but two more dropped points, their eighth draw of the season, leaves them with a lot of ground to make up. There have been red cards to point to in the other games but this result was of their own making.

Arsenal had a late goal ruled out by VAR as Aston Villa recovered from two goals down to claim a dramatic 2-2 draw which leaves the Gunners six points behind leaders Liverpool.