Arsenal of Ukrainian Oleksandr Zinchenko defeated Aston Villa in the opening match of the 24th round of the English Premier League (EPL) - 2:4. Already in the 5th minute, the hosts took the lead thanks to the efforts of Ollie Watkins. The Gunners managed to quickly bounce back - Bukayo Saka scored in the 16th minute. In the 31st minute, Aston Villa took the lead again - Philippe Coutinho brought an accurate shot to his asset. After the break, the Gunners managed to restore parity for the second time in the match - Zinchenko, after a corner kick, scored with a cool low kick from outside the penalty area. Video of Oleksandr's goal is available here. Note that for the 26-year-old Ukrainian, this is his debut goal for Arsenal and in the Premier League..

In injury time for the second half, Mikel Arteta's team snatched the victory. In the 90+3rd minute, Lions goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez recorded an own goal in his liability, who was hit in the back by a powerful shot from Jorginho. And five minutes later, Gabriel Martinelli put an end to the match. This happened after Zinchenko was replaced by Kieran Tierney at 90+6 minutes.. Match Review.

Arsenal (54 points) returned to top spot in the Premier League, beating Manchester City by three points.. Aston Villa (28 points) remained in 11th place. In the next round, the Gunners will play away with Leicester on February 25, and the Lions on the same day will meet with Everton of another Ukrainian Vitaliy Mykolenko.