Aston Villa's Marc
Albrighton wrote himself into the Premier League history books but it was not
enough to prevent Arsenal taking all three points at Villa
Park .
Albrighton’s second-half strike was the 20,000th Premier League goal and cancelled out Robin van Persie’s opener but Yossi Benayoun managed to seal the 2-1 win for the north London side late on before Villa’s Alan Hutton saw red.
The result was harsh on the
hosts who, with Gabriel Agbonlahor back after suspension, were a totally
different side to the one overrun by Liverpool
at the weekend.
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| Marc Albrighton shooting the ball towards goalpost |
When Theo Walcott was pulled
back by Ciaran Clark, referee Jonathan Moss had little choice but to point to
the spot leaving Van Persie to step up and hammer the ball high into the roof
of the net.
It was the Dutchman’s 34
goal of 2011, equalling Thierry Henry’s club record for most Premier League
goals in a calendar year.
Villa continued to do most
of the pressing after the restart and were level on 54 minutes when Albrighton
slid the ball wide of Wojciech Szczesny from the middle of the penalty box.
Benayoun broke Villa’s
hearts with a free header on 87 minutes to make it 2-1.
Hutton was then dismissed in
stoppage-time after picking up a second yellow card.
Now Albringhton can donate 20,000 euro as a Charity of his choice but more important is that Albringhton
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