Arsenal denied Man City a chance to go top of the Premier League - with both sides having played the same amount of games - thanks to a 93rd minute own goal from Aston Villa keeper Emi Martinez.
Arsenal came back twice, having gone 1-0 and 2-1 down, but secured the three points after goals from Saka, Zinchenko, Martinez (og), and a 98th minute goal from Martinelli to make it 2-4.
Martinez' unfortunate luck - a Jorginho shot ricocheted off the cross bar, back onto the keeper's head, and into the net - caused much delight for Arsenal fans, after the eccentric Argentinian had been using a number of time wasting tricks near the end of the game.
Unsurprisingly, the Gooners wasted no time themselves in taking to Twitter to mercilessly mock their former keeper.
Arsenal Fans Show No Mercy To Emi Martinez After Own Goal
Arsenal look to have won it in injury time! 🔴
A crucial three points are heading back to North London... pic.twitter.com/hDgZIdOHa7— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) February 18, 2023
Emi Martinez wasted 9 minutes during that half only to score the winning own goal LMFAOOOOOOOO pic.twitter.com/TnHGpiYU6F
— chief (@aliladiere) February 18, 2023
Emi Martinez scores his 1st goal for Arsenal pic.twitter.com/RQLE3kJBpY
— Troll Football (@TrollFootball) February 18, 2023
Own goal by that time wasting prick Martinez LOLOLOLOLOL
— Orbinho (@Orbinho) February 18, 2023
Emi Martinez own goal after wasting just about as much time as possible for the whole 90 minutes, boy that feels good.
— James. (@afcjxmes) February 18, 2023
Emi Martinez time wasting all game then costing his team two goals in injury time was poetic.
— Paddy (@PaddyArsenal) February 18, 2023
Emi Martinez own goal after constantly wasting time; Emery's face....Poetic!!!!
— Serbian Gooner 🇷🇸 (@serbian_gooner) February 18, 2023
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After the match, goalscorer Oleksandr Zinchenko spoke to the press, and noted his side's resilience and belief which lead to their two injury time goals.
"From this game I would like to say two things. First we took an unbelievable lesson for all of us that we need to believe until the very end. Like I said in the past, this group has such amazing people, can achieve everything they want. If we are going to keep fighting and keep believing. The reaction from all of us in the second half is a perfect way to go.
"I’m so happy to help with my goal but most important is to take the three points.
"We would like to go in the dressing room as soon as possible but there are still a lot of games to play and we just need to keep going, keep fighting and keep believing we can do everything."
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