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Villa were deposed from the top of the table by Manchester Utd yesterday. Arsenal are 6th and without a win in four games.
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00:01so the title holders Arsenal get the game underway against the would-be
00:06champions Aston Villa before a capacity crowd here at Villa Park Aston Villa
00:11unchanged today incidentally Arsenal have a lot of their key players back
00:15after injury Dixon here being amongst them also Vieira over Mars and Bergkamp
00:20back in action after injuries and in his case suspension Martin Keown sporting
00:26those bright red boots Arsenal sporting their chain strip of yellow shirts and
00:31blue shorts today Ray Parler feeding Dixon out on the right Aston Villa in the
00:38claret and blue of course a cool windy day here but the Villa Park pitch in
00:43perfect condition and Aston Villa desperate to regain their place at the top of
00:51the table which they've held for so long and which of course they had to lose to
00:56Manchester United because of United's point in the two-all draw yesterday
01:01at White Hart Lane
01:04Thompson comes to win it back Dublin with the layoff and now Wright Henry down the
01:10left-hand side for Aston Villa right finding Thompson again and Villa build
01:18impressively here and a little nudge there from Lee Dixon on Lee Hendry has given Aston Villa the first free
01:26kick in a dangerous situation
01:28only 90 seconds gone here and not the position that Arsenal would have wanted to concede
01:35here he comes
01:37and he got that one all wrong
01:40started the last two games after being on the bench for the previous four Alan Thompson
01:46and maybe that explains why his angle and his eye wasn't quite in there
01:58folks his kick a bit flat however Parler couldn't control it and Wright finds
02:04Dion Dublin and Dublin tries a very audacious effort
02:09when you're in the kind of form he is why not it's a long long way out
02:16and on the wind it carried over the bar
02:29Bold taking a risk there against the pace of Julian Jojim
02:40David Seaman's kick
02:41Wright beaten to it by Jungberg and then flicked on
02:45to Bergkamp who tries the early shot and finds the net
02:49so simple
02:50so effective for Arsenal
02:53Dennis Bergkamp is back
02:55and Arsenal have the lead
02:5814 minutes gone
03:06Bergkamp
03:06Bergkamp back in the side
03:07after missing the last four games
03:10scores only his third Premiership goal of the season
03:14Wright beaten to the header there
03:17the flick on by Anelka
03:19and when Bergkamp's in that position you don't expect him to miss
03:22and he didn't
03:24Dennis Bergkamp
03:26last season's top scorer
03:28gives Arsenal a lead
03:32Jungberg
03:36Allen Wright
03:37couldn't take it off him
03:38and the Swede with a great run here
03:41Steve Bolt still forward from the earlier free kick
03:44Bergkamp takes over
03:45and almost released over Mars in the box
03:49playing well
03:51Arsenal
03:51the champions finding their form
03:58almost the perfect ball from Bergkamp
04:09Joachim
04:10Dublin takes over
04:11back again
04:12to Julian Joachim
04:13who decided to hit it early
04:17scored three in his last three games
04:19Julian Joachim
04:22but not this time
04:23Vieira comes to win it ahead of Joachim
04:30Bergkamp
04:31Parler
04:32good football
04:33and the ball
04:35finds Patrick Vieira
04:36and back to Jungberg
04:37who hit it brilliantly
04:38that was an excellent move by Arsenal
04:41and very unlucky
04:42that they didn't get something out of it
04:47lovely skill
04:48movement off the ball
04:50and a fizzing shot from Jungberg at the end of it
04:59Watson again
05:02that's a great ball from Watson
05:04and Bowles lost out to Thompson here
05:06Thompson force wide
05:08to try and get it on his favourite
05:09left foot
05:10Taylor delivers it in
05:11Joachim's there
05:12comes to Henry
05:13good save by David Seaman
05:17if he'd have hit it a foot either side of the goalkeeper
05:19Arsenal might have been in trouble
05:21but he hit it in the one area
05:23that David Seaman
05:25was probably hoping for
05:27and he was right behind the ball
05:31Watson in possession for Villa
05:34that's a great ball
05:35Julian Joachim
05:37Taylor and Dublin in the box
05:40well well
05:41what an embarrassing end
05:42to a very promising Villa move
05:47looked up
05:48saw he had two targets
05:51and then at the vital moment
05:53an air shot
05:56to the huge delight of the Arsenal fans
05:58behind that goal
06:01don't think he was too pleased
06:18good header
06:19Anoka finding Bergkamp
06:21back again to Anoka
06:22he's got over Mars
06:23in support
06:25and Bergkamp's still there
06:27and it goes back to Anoka
06:29and Anoka's lost his man
06:30danger here for Villa
06:32pull back to Bergkamp
06:33what a magnificent goal
06:35in first half stoppage time
06:38Dennis Bergkamp is back
06:40with a vengeance
06:41he hadn't scored two
06:44for two months in the Premiership
06:47now he's got two in the first half
06:50and the link up here
06:51with Anoka
06:53Anoka
06:53no wonder it brought a smile
06:55to the face
06:56of Arsene Wenger
06:57and a superb finish
06:59from the Dutchman
07:03and now we know
07:04how much Arsenal have been missing it
07:07he hit it in the one place
07:09Oaks couldn't reach it
07:16what a wonderful way to end the half
07:17for Arsene Wenger
07:19and Arsenal
07:23Ejio for Villa
07:27overplayed that one
07:28couldn't give Watson
07:29any hope at all
07:32and Vives has seemingly
07:33recovered from his first half
07:35injury
07:50Villa on the attack again
07:52Dublin's layoff
07:53Jo Chin hits it
07:54David Seaman's taken the sting
07:56out of it
07:56and that was enough
08:00even he couldn't hold that shot
08:02it was so powerfully struck
08:04by Julian Jo Chin
08:08this is Parler
08:10a lot of men forward here
08:12Arsenal
08:12Bergkamp one of them
08:13now Jungberg
08:15lifted it forward
08:16and it's a great ball
08:17Viero's layoff
08:18wasn't so clever though
08:19Villa get away with it
08:21and counter attack
08:22dangerously themselves
08:24and Boulders
08:25have slightly over hit
08:26that one
08:26oh good play
08:28from David Seaman
08:29he had to improvise then
08:42right
08:43this is Gareth Southgate
08:48Holly Moore the target
08:50and he's won it brilliantly
08:51Henry in behind him
08:52still Henry
08:53lays it on for Jo Chin
08:57excellent Villa goal
08:58Julian Jo Chin
08:59they're back in it
09:05four goals in four games
09:07for him
09:12just over an hour gone
09:15Henry laid it on
09:17and Jo Chin
09:18wasn't about to refuse
09:20that gift
09:20but it was an excellent move
09:22from Southgate at the back
09:24Colly Moore's header
09:25Henry stayed calm
09:27got a lucky break there
09:29but how well
09:30he accepted it
09:33now we've got a game
09:38that's the middle one
09:39Arsenal two
09:49Colly Moore gets it back
09:51to Steve Watson
09:54and it's turned forward
09:56by Henry on the near post
09:57straight into the arms
09:59of David Seaman
10:03a real chance this
10:06didn't get a proper connection
10:08at all
10:08the youngster
10:15well Arsenal know they're in a game now
10:20what a Kemp's layoff
10:23and Taylor wins the battle
10:24with an Elka
10:26Dublin
10:26oh brilliant skill
10:28from Dion Dublin
10:30they're firing on all cylinders now
10:33Jo Chin wins the throw off
10:35Vivas
10:40Hendry
10:42this is Taylor
10:45under pressure
10:46and winning the free kickoff
10:47Patrick Fiera
10:50they've gone on with it already
10:51Villa
10:52all pace and power
10:54about their play now
10:55Watson to Hendry
10:57and Hendry took a kick
10:59at his nearest man
11:01Vivas
11:02and if the referee saw that
11:03he could be in trouble
11:04meantime
11:05it's Dion Dublin
11:06and then the shot
11:08and Dublin's turned it in
11:11Dion Dublin has equalised
11:13two goals in three minutes
11:16for Aston Villa
11:17the whole thing goes absolutely crazy
11:20and Aston Villa
11:22have come back
11:24from a two goal deficit
11:30Jo Chin played it in
11:32Dublin
11:36on the end of it
11:38as Thompson played it forward
11:40and Aston Wenger
11:42can't believe how his
11:44famed Arsenal defence
11:46has capitulated so quickly
11:49here in the second half
11:57Bull
11:59Wright wins it back
12:00and that's not a bad ball
12:01Hendry has miskicked it
12:03but Dublin
12:03could still cause problems
12:05and total confusion
12:06in Arsenal's ranks
12:07and then Wright
12:08miskicks it
12:10bizarre little passage
12:12of play that
12:12and finally Wright
12:14turns a dangerous ball in
12:15and David Seaman
12:16snatches it
12:17from under the bar
12:18and under pressure
12:19from Dublin
12:20Watson winning it back
12:21Villa are really up
12:23for this now
12:23and the cross is a good one
12:25and Collymore goes up
12:26and the Villa fans
12:28are claiming
12:28that he was pushed
12:29in the back
12:29but referee Lodge
12:31is having none of it
12:36really drove the cross
12:38in there Watson
12:39now keep an eye
12:40on Collymore
12:43and now Thompson
12:44hit in early
12:45towards Dion Dublin
12:46a header from him
12:48finds Lee Hendry
12:51back to Watson
12:55Hendry again
12:56for Villa
12:57good ball
12:58Watson
12:59up against Grimondi
13:00Hendry yet again
13:01and pulls it back
13:03to Taylor
13:03who's miskicked
13:05Parler brings it clear
13:08that's a great ball too
13:10for Dennis Bergkamp
13:11and he's one on one
13:13here against Ehiog
13:14and finds Anelka
13:16and Anelka
13:17finds Parler
13:18great chance
13:19could have been the winner
13:23Ray Parler
13:24misses a glorious opportunity
13:29Bergkamp held it up
13:30beautifully for him
13:31the flick through
13:33from Anelka
13:34and really Parler
13:36who hasn't scored
13:36this season
13:37will look back on that
13:38as a real
13:39mischance
13:43couldn't get the cross
13:45in Julian Joachim
13:46Divas braiding down
13:48his neck
13:48Watson
13:50finds Thompson
13:53Dion Dublin
13:54Stanward
13:55header
13:55Collymore
13:56hits it
14:00again
14:01excellent movement
14:03good passing
14:04very impressive attack
14:06by Aston Villa
14:08the final shot
14:09from Stan Collymore
14:10always going high
14:14he has made a difference
14:15though
14:16since he came on
14:22eight minutes to go
14:23tremendous finish
14:25at Villa Park
14:26Watson
14:27to Joachim
14:30and the cross
14:31runs a corner
14:32of Divas
14:54Collymore
14:54on the near post
14:55coming in behind him
14:56is Dublin
14:57it's a goal
14:58Dion Dublin
14:59has scored
15:01and Aston Villa
15:02from two down
15:04off three
15:05two in front
15:06with seven minutes
15:08to go
15:12unbelievable
15:13stuff at Villa
15:14Park
15:16and Dion Dublin
15:17who'd gone three
15:18games without a goal
15:19before today
15:20has struck
15:21the target again
15:23and that's six
15:25in four matches
15:27at Villa
15:27Park
15:27for him
15:28no wonder
15:30they've got
15:30they've got an
15:31instant hero
15:32at the whole
15:33ten
15:33Dion Dublin
15:40Aston Villa
15:41in front
15:42for the first
15:43time in the match
15:44and Arsene Wenger
15:46cannot believe
15:47the way his side
15:49with their defence
15:49has been swept
15:51aside here
15:51in the second half
15:55he's missed it
15:56with almost everyone
15:59in the ground
15:59willing it to happen
16:04but he just
16:06shows yet again
16:07what a dangerous
16:09customer he is
16:13well John Gregory
16:14has worked the
16:16oracle again
16:18Thompson
16:20was strong
16:21when he needed
16:22to be there
16:22Alan Thompson
16:24referees just
16:25had a look
16:25at the watch
16:27Watson delivers
16:28it long
16:28not the best
16:29ball though
16:29but it doesn't
16:30matter
16:30there's the
16:31final whistle
16:32and Aston Villa
16:33have secured
16:35a memorable
16:36and very
16:37significant victory
16:38here this afternoon
16:39against the
16:40champions
16:41Arsenal
16:42despite
16:43Dennis Bergkamp's
16:44two first half
16:46goals
16:46sending Villa
16:47in at half
16:48time
16:48two behind
16:49Dion Dublin
16:51came up with
16:51two of his own
16:52in the second
16:53half
16:54and Aston Villa's
16:55second half
16:56performance
16:56was quite
16:57outstanding
17:01and they know
17:02how important
17:03that victory was
17:04you can sense it
17:05you can see it
17:06this
17:07such a vital
17:09win
17:10particularly
17:11in these
17:11circumstances
17:12against the
17:13meanest defence
17:14in England
17:14they've scored
17:15three second
17:16half goals
17:17and turned
17:18possible defeat
17:19into victory
17:20and gone back
17:21to the top
17:22of the premiership
17:23Villa the winners
17:24by three goals
17:26to two
17:26to two
17:26and
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