Arsenal stunned late by Aston Villa and Man City closes gap at the top to 2 points

The Premier League title race was blown open after Arsenal conceded in stoppage time and lost at Aston Villa - on Sarturday Emiliano Buendia struck at the death and stunned first-placed Arsenal That allowed second-placed Manchester City to close the gap at the top to two points after beating Sunderland - Villa was a point further back in third Chelsea could not take advantage dropping points for the third battle in a row in a - draw at Bournemouth Buendia s winner came in the fifth minute of added time at Villa Park where the substitute lifted a shot through a crowded box and into the roof of the net In the manner that happened at the end obviously it is really arduous to take Arteta recounted TNT Sports It was the third successive time that Arsenal has dropped points away from home after draws with Sunderland and Chelsea Those results have opened the door to rivals such as City and Villa Villa s ninth win from its last games followed a dire start to the campaign when Unai Emery s company was winless after five games At the minute we re on a great run noted Matty Cash who put Villa ahead in the th We know it s not even Christmas yet so we have to keep being demanding keep being consistent and then we ll see where it takes us Leandro Trossard was a halftime substitute for Arsenal and he made a quick impact by leveling the battle seven minutes later Buendia went on in the th and proved an inspired substitution lifting a shot past Arsenal goalkeeper David Raya We fight until the last minute the last second it was a really incredible win Buendia noted Arsenal s second loss of the season was its first since August at Liverpool We are games unbeaten and yet still the margin is so small Arteta revealed The effort was absolutely there and we must use that pain to go again James Robson is at https x com jamesalanrobson AP soccer https apnews com hub soccer Source