Aston Villa threw away a huge chance to beat Arsenal this evening.
Dean Smith has told Sky Sports that Aston Villa’s Tyrone Mings contributed to this evening’s sickening defeat by Arsenal at the Emirates.
The Villans looked on course for a huge win after Wesley scored on 60 minutes as Smith’s side led 2-1 against the 10-man Gunners, who had Ainsley Maitland-Niles sent off in the first half.
But Calum Chambers equalised for Arsenal on 81 minutes, before Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang struck the winner soon after to compound Aston Villa’s misery in London.
Mings, who has been excellent since his £25 million permanent move this past summer [Sky Sports], tried to head the ball to Neil Taylor instead of clearing it on his six-yard line, and Chambers nipped in and floated home Arsenal’s crucial second.
Speaking on Sky Sports, Smith said: “We’ve given them three goals. [For the second] Tyrone’s tried to cushion a header in the six-yard box and Chamber’s got on the end of it.
“With that advantage [the red card], we should have gone that game 2-0 or 3-0.”
It wound up being another dreadful trip to North London for Aston Villa, who nearly beat Tottenham on the opening day of the season but crumbled and lost 3-1.
They’re 18th in the Premier League table after winning just four points from a possible 24 so far this season.
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