Aston Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Leandro Trossard and Thomas Partey on target as Gunners claim revenge

Substitute Leandro Trossard scored with his first touch and Thomas Partey struck a second as Arsenal claimed revenge for last season's losses to Aston Villa with 2-0 win at Villa Park.Unai Emery's team inflicted two defeats on Arsenal last season, the second of which effectively cost them the title, and they appeared to have Mikel Arteta's side on the ropes again in the second half of an absorbing encounter in the Midlands.But after a pair of glaring misses from Ollie Watkins, who dragged wide when it looked easier to score in the first half, then saw a close-range header sensationally saved by David Raya after the break, Trossard swept home Bukayo Saka's cut-back two minutes after coming on.The goal came against the run of play but it shifted the momentum of the game and Arsenal soon doubled their lead through Thomas Partey, whose low shot from the edge of the Villa box, from another Saka pass, beat Emiliano Martinez at his near post.