Saka settles gruelling battle with Aston Villa to extend Arsenal’s winning start

Bukayo Saka scored the only goal as Arsenal secured a victory over Aston Villa, extending their winning start to the season. Villa have now lost their first two league matches without scoring for the first time since 2002, though this was a significant improvement on their 4-0 defeat at Brighton, where they also went down to 10 men after 40 minutes. Debutants Zion Suzuki and Nicolas Jackson showed promise for Villa, taking the numbers vacated by Emiliano Martínez and Ollie Watkins respectively.