Martin Keown claims Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard ‘proved a lot of people wrong’ in the Gunners’ deflating Premier League defeat to Aston Villa.

Aston Villa stormed into the title race and inflicted a blow to Arsenal’s hopes of lifting the Premier League trophy with a thrilling 2-1 win on Saturday afternoon.

It looked as though Leandro Trossard’s second-half goal was going to cancel out Matty Cash’s first-half opener but Emiliano Buendia scored a winner with the lack kick of the game.

The late win sees Unai Emery’s Villa climb to second in the Premier League – three points behind leaders Arsenal – before Manchester City’s game in hand against Sunderland.

Arsenal enjoyed a faultless start to the Premier League campaign but the defeat at Villa Park was their second of the season and th

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