Arteta needs to use the bench well here to keep the intensity up. But wait until players flag because this 11 is playing well.

Another late tackle and a yellow card for a Villa player

Loved that. Bailey on the break, he's quick - Arsenal just swarm all over him with 3-4 players. Gabriel on him like a rash

Very good save Ramsdale from a 1v1

The question now is a) can we have this intensity more regularly - more like 3 in 4 rather than 1 in 4. and b) can we have this intensity away from home because there is no doubt the home crowd play a big factor in the intensity in our play

Villa players looking frustrated now. That third goal killed the momentum they were building.

He is playing a Captain's game. Always defending from the front. Good to have him back to his energetic self.

A) really should be a given. Liverpool are starting Henderson, Milner and Keita in midfield, and they're one of the best teams in the world. All those three players can do is run, but they do their part.

Well played Lacazette

Aubameyang yellow for barging a villa player off the ball but he ran back because he knew 4 of our players were out of the game as Villa broke.

Lacazette with hopefully only some cramp, looks like he's coming off - he's been outstanding. No surprise Lacazette only lasted 65 minutes given his lack of minutes and the shift he's put in

Hugely impressed with how Lacazette has played himself back into the starting eleven. Excellent sub appearance against Palace, and possibly our best player today. Anyone who thought he would run down his contract and not be bothered was sorely mistaken.

Which Ode will turn up?
Will the intensity of the other players bring his up?

Ramsdale is very good with the ball at his feet, he pings penetrating passes through midfield. I must admit I doubted his ability foolishly based on the fact that he didn't do it at Sheff utd who were more direct

Lokonga with an excellent performance today as well

Tavares giving Tierney something to think about today. Really good performance.

Agreed.

Feels strange to praise the professionalism of a player when that is the minimum we should expect but he's been very good. He's popular with the fans as well.

Glad he got the start after a game changing sub display

Good to see AMN coming on

Yep, there is something you have to really like about his enthusiasm and almost a naivety (in a good way) to his game. Physically and athletically he's tough to deal with

Yeah, and to be fair to him, while he lacks the top quality to be the star striker we hoped for when we signed him I don't think his attitude has ever been anything other than spot on. Always committed, always puts a shift in.

*%^@, wanted the clean sheet. Just take it easy now

Damn.

3-1

Partey not strong enough in the tackle. Nothing Ramsdale can do about it

A poor finish. We need to concentrate.

Stay focused now

Bloody hell. Nearly 3-2.

That was dicey from the long throw

Villa shouldn't be having a sniff in this game we need to concentrate

We need to press them at the midfield. Allowing too many flowing movements for them.

What is it with our full backs and foul throws!! Tavares joins the club.

Aubameyang played his socks off
Well done Captain!

Nice to do this to Villa in particular. 3-1 doesn't reflect our dominance.
We've had Martinez talking about us in every single interview he does. Villa thinking they 'beat' us to Buendia (what did he do today?), them bidding on Emile Smith Rowe and some pundits thinking that Villa is the place to be for players rather than Arsenal!

An excellent performance and result.
Loved the commitment and intensity. Loads of good individual performances.

In to the top half!

A good win
Great performance from the 11 who started

I think the subs were told to be more defensive. They were hardly pressing.

A few dodgy moments near the end, but I think we can let that go today. Our best 90 minutes this season, we dominated and fully deserved all three points. Too many good performances to mention, but that's what happens when this type of effort is there; it makes everybody look good. Hats off to Arteta and the team.

Really enjoyed that. Arteta has been criticised (rightly) for people not being able to work out what the pattern of attacking play is. Well if you press high and have such intensity there is no need for any particular pattern - you win the ball high and keep such a pressure on your opponent you swarm them in to mistakes and you capitalise without the need for long passing sequences

Wow, where did that performance come from. Brilliant individually and collectively.

The most complete game under Arteta and shades of the Wenger days with thrilling, fast, technical football.

Great pressing too.

Every player had a top game.

My only gripe would be why Arteta didn't give Martinelli half an hour in place of Saka. He needs the minutes and Saka needs the rest.

Good performance and much better balance with 442. I thought Ødegaard slowed our progress when he came on. But we achieved a result exactly what a team with these players should do against a lesser side. Let’s keep it going and use the press like we did today.

Great to see Emile Smith Rowe add goals and assists to his game. Young players can get plenty of goals in youth football but then struggle in men’s football. If we can get 10 league goals from Emile Smith Rowe and Saka and Pépé we’ll start to push up to 5th/6th

Me too. But there’s probably some stat about your third sub and the 90th minute we don’t know about… is there a league cup game coming up? Maybe think he’ll rest Saka et al for that and five Martinelli a run out then?