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Arsenal Right Last Season's Wrongs

ESPN FC

ESPN

Sports, Soccer

4.32.7K Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

The FC crew react to Arsenal's 2-0 victory over Aston Villa and argue if Mikel Arteta's side have taken a step forward after struggling against the Villans last season. Plus, the guys break down Erling Haaland's hat trick vs Ipswich Town and explain how a summer off has helped the Norweigian find his legs again. The crew also recap Barcelona's 2-1 win over Athletic Club and praise Robert Lewandowski for a strong start to the season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome in the latest edition of ESPAN FC, I'm Dan Thomas.

0:07.5

Jo in the studio today by Ali Rano and Stevie Nicker will kick things off

0:10.7

with the late game in the Premier League.

0:12.0

Aston Villa taking on Arsenal.

0:14.4

Aston Villa would have chances.

0:16.0

Ollie Watkins in the first half

0:17.8

with scuffishot wide.

0:19.3

In the second half, we see a great save

0:21.6

from Riot to Deny England England international and then it would be

0:24.5

Arsel who would make the breakthrough, Trossard in the 67th minute. That goal

0:29.1

pretty much silenced anything from Villa and Arsel will guarantee the victory later on Thomas

0:34.5

party with a shot Emmy Martinez will be disappointed and do better with it and in the

0:39.2

end it's Artetta's side with a big win as they take all three points.

0:44.0

For more on this, Frank LeBuff joins us with Franker in a moment, but Stevie obviously

0:48.9

there was going to be two sides of this.

0:50.9

If Aston Villa won, it would be same old arseau. If I asked the one it would be, oh hello, this is a big statement. How big is it?

0:58.0

I think it just tells us all that they're going to be competing for a Premier League to go

1:05.7

to a team that was in the top four last year and who have retooled a little bit and who are expecting

1:11.4

to do even better, they weren't overly exciting

1:16.0

to watch until the first goal, but they were in total charge of the game.

1:19.9

I mean it's not surprising.

1:21.1

That's the way you and I, Em he wants to do it against the big teams he

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