Looking to get back to winning ways following their midweek defeat to Liverpool -- their first loss in seven games in all competitions -- Arsenal dominated the opening period in the Villa Park sunshine.
Villa did not have a single shot, on or off target, in the first half, but improved after the break, finally having an effort at goal in the 61st minute when Scottish midfielder John McGinn curled just wide. Given how many chances they created in the first half, with Emile Smith Rowe, starting his first game in a month, at the heart of everything, they should really have been out of sight by the break.
Striker Alexandre Lacazette was then impeded by his own man -- Smith Rowe again -- as he looked set to score but the pressure did eventually tell as Saka swept home his sixth league goal of the season with his left foot.
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