What a 90 minutes. Unai Emery was looking down the barrel, muttering his last words to himself, as the paying public bayed for his blood. Ten minutes later, Arsenal come away with three points, and the Gunners boss lives to fight another day.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang raised the Emirates stadium roof with a superb late free-kick which sealed the win for the hosts, after Aston Villa had been leading until the final ten minutes of the match.
It was harsh on the away side, but the hosts showed great character in turning the game on its head.
Let's take a look back at an extraordinary rollercoaster match, through the eyes of you brave Arsenal supporters...
Who doesn't love seeing a youth academy product getting a run-out in the starting XI?
Saka starting is great. Lifts the crowd, shows the kids there is a path to the first-team. Impress and you'll be rewarded. Buzzing to see him in action.
— gunnerblog (@gunnerblog) September 22, 2019
So happy for Saka. Completely deserving of his call up today after what he did in Frankfurt. I can’t help but think having Freddie Ljunberg on the sidelines is making it so much easier for the youth to come in.
— TikiTakaConnor (@TikiTakaConnor) September 22, 2019
Swapping Steve Bould and Freddie was genius.
When you see Pepe, Auba and Saka starting for Arsenal
— TheGunnerNation (@TheGunnerNation) September 22, 2019
...but then see Sokratis, Luiz and Xhaka starting aswell pic.twitter.com/e2Xq9sTq77
Some Gunners supporters have seen this familiar scene before and feared the worst from the off.
Emery need to be sacked. He is not good enough. #ARSAVL
— DonPhaLow (@phalow) September 22, 2019
is it possible to just support John McGinn instead
— Kieran Hurley (@kieran_hurley) September 22, 2019
#ARSAVL
— Gunner Satish (@OtakuGunner) September 22, 2019
Arsenal 欄 making opposition looks like a prime Barcelona
Football expert Piers Morgan was absolutely fuming with the Arsenal defence, along with the rest of the fanbase.
0-1. Even by Arsenal’s abominable defence standards of recent years, that was quite mind-boggling diabolical. They literally just stood there like bloody statues. Pathetic.
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) September 22, 2019
All of a sudden a winnable game becomes a challenge. Honestly, all @Arsenal defence coaches should be shown the door. #ARSAVL
— Prosper vuga (@vugapella) September 22, 2019
People stopped losing their minds for a second to wax lyrical over Saka once again, as the youngster grabbed the game by the scruff of the neck for the home side.
Saka looking like he been playing consistent first team football and looks like he belongs in the 1st team #ARSAVL
— Toby Helyes (@Tobyjhelyes) September 22, 2019
saka is a baller. immense technical abilty.
— Halls of Marble (@Marblehalls_TV) September 22, 2019
Granit Xhaka then went into the book for hacking down Jack Grealish - a sentence which makes more sense than anything I've ever heard.
Granit Xhaka into the book. Sunrise. Sunset. #Arsenal
— The Short Fuse (@TheShortFuse) September 22, 2019
“Why oh why would you do that?”
— The Gooner Talk (@TheGoonerTalkTv) September 22, 2019
Says @TerryGibson88 on Xhaka’s yellow card.
Well Terry. Quite simple really. It’s Xhaka.
Xhaka once again an absolute liability in the midfield. Our 72 Million Pound winger is playing like a striker while AMN is crossing. And we now got a red card. What sort of clueless moron do we have for a manager?! #COYG #ARSAVL
— Asif Hasan (@AsifGooner) September 22, 2019
AMN is diabolically poor. Poor attitude, poor going forward, poor defending, poor passing. Why won't @UnaiEmery_ play chambers instead?
— John 진우 Han (@jinwooo_h) September 22, 2019
AMN getting sent off after a Xhaka yellow for what was possibly the most moronic thing he has done ... in the last minute.
— Adam P (@ThreeFiveWho) September 22, 2019
Worst half of football I’ve seen at the Emirates for quite a while
Maitland Niles really irritates me.
— Leo Dasilva (@SirLeoBDasilva) September 22, 2019
I started a tweet about Pépé’s first goal and Aston Villa got their lead back in the seconds I could’t even finish it. I resign as an Arsenal fan. Where to sign lmaoo
— Aubazettes (@Aubazettes) September 22, 2019
Nicolas Pepe scoring an equaliser and Wesley scoring another for Aston Villa has to be the most Arsenal thing under Emery, absolutely shambles
— Pye Waw (@pyewaw) September 22, 2019
David Luiz has been an absolute embarrassment since joining Arsenal. The environment is hardly conducive to great defending, but he's still managed to lower the bar.
— Daniel Storey (@danielstorey85) September 22, 2019
Please @ChelseaFC just take David Luiz back. You can keep the £8m.
— Pépé is going to be World Class (@Artekkers) September 22, 2019
Comeback kings! Important win and three points today. Let’s keep it going! @Arsenal #Sokrati5 #PremierLeague pic.twitter.com/HBqrQ7rlBP
— Sokratis Papastathopoulos (@SokratisPapa5) September 22, 2019
Arsenal leaving Chelsea in the banter group like;
— Deiinma (@Deiinma) September 22, 2019
#ARSAVL pic.twitter.com/RJeWJ27AaP
Being an Arsenal fan should come with a health warning.
— Patrick Timmons (@PatrickTimmons1) September 22, 2019
Shoutout to all Arsenal fans around the world. With this much stress every weekend you’re probably damaging yourself. Don’t make us suffer anymore like this @Arsenal
— Aubazettes (@Aubazettes) September 22, 2019
Captain Aubameyang to the rescue. Come on Arsenal. Still #Emeryout
— Tweet of Ceballos ☆☆☆ (@DaniCellabos46) September 22, 2019
Regardless of how this match ends, @UnaiEmery_ has to go. It's so evident. #Emeryout #ARSAVL
— Chukwu Amaechi (@Umunnanile) September 22, 2019
Source : 90min