Just as a first win in three becomes even more urgent, Villa deliver their worst result of the season as Arsenal rip the team apart at Villa Park to leave the club teetering on the precipice of a relegation battle. 

Villa fall to a two minute first half brace and manage to miss a second half penalty as they slump to 18th in the table with four Premier League games to play.

At the worst possible time, Villa have lost successive fixtures and now have 7 wins in their last 23 Premier League games under Brian Little.

Villa legend Dalian Atkinson, 27, makes his final appearance in a Villa shirt before moving on to Fenerbahçe S.K. for a fee of £500,000. Atkinson played for Villa between 1991-92 and 1994-95 making 114 appearances and scoring 36 goals including the greatest goal in Premier League history. His full Villa record reads W49 D33 L32, 36 Goals and 21 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.00 games he played across his 4 seasons with the club. Tragedy hit Dalian in August 2016, murdered by the police in a taser assault, he died aged just 48. Dalian Atkinson, a player and a man who will never be forgotten.

Dwight Yorke makes his 150th appearance in a Villa shirt (110 Starts) to make it W60 D38 L52, 25 Goals, 19 Assists and 2 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.78 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Mark Bosnich concedes his 100th goal in a Villa shirt on his 91st appearance (90 Starts) to make it W37 D22 L32, 10 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.11 goals per game and 29 Clean Sheets (32%) so far in his Villa career.