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Aston Villa vs Arsenal :-Aston Villa entertain Arsenal in the second round of matches in the English Premier League.The game at Villa Park, Birmingham, United Kingdom, pits Villa manager Unai Emery against his former club.

Rogers’ run ends tamely.

After picking up the ball in his own half, the forward weaves past a few defenders before reaching the box’s perimeter, just right of centre.He decides to go for the far post, but he doesn’t get enough on it, and the ball goes behind for a left-side corner.Tielemans delivers the corner into the central area, and Raya punches it away from danger.63 minutes: Aston Villa 0–0 Arsenal

Martinez makes key intervention

Odegaard whips it in from the right side towards the central area.Martinez shoots out to intercept, and does well to contain the chance before it falls for an Arsenal player.

Gabriel booked

Villa Park is back at its boisterous best after the last few minutes of play.

Meanwhile, Gabriel goes into the book after a late challenge on Onana.

Villa win a set piece from the right side.

Despite the delivery to Onana in the box, the Belgian is unable to control the chance.

Raya makes brilliant save!

Suddenly the game breathes into life once more.

Rogers lays off a pass to Onana who is just outside the box.

Onana pokes with his left foot, with the ball looping towards the crossbar.

Raya is beaten, but the ball ends up hitting the bar.

The ball rebounds towards a charging Watkins, who heads in from close range.

Raya makes an instinctive diving save to his left to deny the striker and keep Arsenal alive.

Another massive moment for Aston Villa there, who could have been 2-0 up by now.

Teams looking to settle

Neither side has looked to capture their best form as of yet in this half.

Arsenal have enjoyed the better share of possession, but have rarely troubled in the final third.

Second half under way

We are back at Villa Park for the second half.

Arsenal will kick off on this occasion, and will hope to build on their first-half performance.

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Photos: View from the sidelines

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta urgs his side on [Ed Sykes/Reuters]

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta, left, replaced Aston Villa manager Unai Emery at the Emirates Stadium [Ed Sykes/Reuters]

Aston Villa’s head coach Unai Emery issues instructions to his side [Rui Vieira/AP]

Aston Villa’s head coach Unai Emery, right, and Arsenal’s manager Mikel Arteta react to the action on the field [Rui Vieira/A