"Outside both boxes we had the better of it through the majority of the game, I felt we were really good, I felt we competed. Obviously we know they are a good team so we had to give up some areas, but we contained them really well.

“[Ollie]’s our talisman, we rely on him, we know he'll score them. We're not going to question that. It's one of those things, it happens. We gave a good account of ourselves. It's one of those games we have to dust ourselves down and move on.

"We watched them, analysed them and tried to come up with a game plan to stop their threats. We had to wait and pounce and capitalise when we could and I think we did that. We caught them out, surprised them.

"That's what football is about, it's chess, it's two top managers trying to combat each other and that's what it was. Unfortunately we didn't get that end bit.

"I'm getting better and better, more comfortable within the team, tying to impress, trying to shine, I would prefer it to be in a winning way. I want to go better, score goals, create and wins game for the team."

Morgan Rogers.


“We played competitively and faced them. We were more or less safe and we had our chance to score and had even better chances than them. The first half was a little bit more them than us. The second half we created two very good chances to score.

"If we score one goal then maybe we win the match. I accept the result today because I think we are doing our way and trying to improve our things and develop as well. It is the second day in the Premier League and we can learn and improve more.

"We want to be here with our supporters here in Villa Park, playing and getting comfortable and keeping the same way as we did last year. There's still work to do. We will improve and use those matches we played against West Ham and today to understand our way. We will try to be in the top 10, the top six.

"I am happy and if we were scoring goals then maybe we would be winning. With Arsenal, we feel we are close to getting a performance. The players will stay calm and have two days rest and then get ready for the match against Leicester."

Unai Emery.


"Villa are a very good side and they created chances but we were there to defend them.”

Arsenal goalkeeper David Raya who had kept his side in the game.


“[Our celebrating of clearances is] to keep the focus. It's a defensive action that we are happy to defend. It's to give some encouragement to the whole team and it's important we have that here.”

Arsenal goalkeeper David Raya on his side’s ambitions.


“Aston Villa had a defensive approach than what we expected, but we adapted and the team played with a lot of courage.

"The two previous performances [vs. Villa] on paper you have to win comfortably and we didn't so there was something missing - today we did it.

Mikel Arteta channels Arsene Wenger’s bullshit football.