Saka settles gruelling battle with Aston Villa to extend Arsenal’s winning start
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What happened
The smile on Declan Rice’s face a few minutes from time said it all. The Arsenal midfielder had just shut down Ian Maatsen as the Aston Villa full-back zoomed into the box. Arsenal were hardly imperious, Bukayo Saka scoring the only goal, but Unai Emery’s side struggled to hurt the champions , David Raya untroubled. The records will show Villa have lost their first two league matches of a season without scoring for…
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