Twitter Reacts as Arsenal Put Supporters Through the Ringer in Dramatic 3-2 Win Over Aston Villa

What a 90 minutes. Unai Emery was looking down the barrel, muttering his last words to himself, as the paying public bayed for his blood. Ten minutes later,

What a 90 minutes. Unai Emery was looking down the barrel, muttering his last words to himself, as the paying public bayed for his blood. Ten minutes later, Arsenal come away with three points, and the Gunners boss lives to fight another day. 

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang raised the Emirates stadium roof with a superb late free-kick which sealed the win for the hosts, after Aston Villa had been leading until the final ten minutes of the match. 

It was harsh on the away side, but the hosts showed great character in turning the game on its head.

Let's take a look back at an extraordinary rollercoaster match, through the eyes of you brave Arsenal supporters...

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Who doesn't love seeing a youth academy product getting a run-out in the starting XI? Bukayo Saka was given the nod after his impressive midweek Europa League display, and you were all buzzing to see what he can do.

Saka starting is great. Lifts the crowd, shows the kids there is a path to the first-team. Impress and you'll be rewarded. Buzzing to see him in action.

— gunnerblog (@gunnerblog) September 22, 2019

It wasn't all good news for Gunners fans though....

Some Gunners supporters have seen this familiar scene before and feared the worst from the off.

Emery need to be sacked. He is not good enough.😡 #ARSAVL

— DonPhaLow (@phalow) September 22, 2019

Sure enough, Aston Villa took the lead after 20 minutes, John McGinn firing home to send the Villa fans into pandemonium. 

#ARSAVL
Arsenal 🤝 making opposition looks like a prime Barcelona

— Gunner Satish 🕒 (@OtakuGunner) September 22, 2019

Football expert Piers Morgan was absolutely fuming with the Arsenal defence, along with the rest of the fanbase. 

0-1. Even by Arsenal’s abominable defence standards of recent years, that was quite mind-boggling diabolical. They literally just stood there like bloody statues. Pathetic.

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) September 22, 2019

All of a sudden a winnable game becomes a challenge. Honestly, all @Arsenal defence coaches should be shown the door. #ARSAVL

— Prosper vuga (@vugapella) September 22, 2019

People stopped losing their minds for a second to wax lyrical over Saka once again, as the youngster grabbed the game by the scruff of the neck for the home side. 

Saka looking like he been playing consistent first team football and looks like he belongs in the 1st team #ARSAVL

— Toby (@tobyJhelYES) September 22, 2019

saka is a baller. immense technical abilty.

— WRIGHT PLACE, WRIGHT TIME - KSE OUT NOW!! (@WrightPlace_1) September 22, 2019

Granit Xhaka then went into the book for hacking down Jack Grealish - a sentence which makes more sense than anything I've ever heard. 

Granit Xhaka into the book. Sunrise. Sunset. #Arsenal

— The Short Fuse (@TheShortFuse) September 22, 2019

“Why oh why would you do that?”

Says @TerryGibson88 on Xhaka’s yellow card.

Well Terry. Quite simple really. It’s Xhaka.

— The Gooner Talk 🍅 (@TheGoonerTalkTv) September 22, 2019

Xhaka once again an absolute liability in the midfield. Our 72 Million Pound winger is playing like a striker while AMN is crossing. And we now got a red card. What sort of clueless moron do we have for a manager?! #COYG #ARSAVL

— Asif Hasan (@AsifGooner) September 22, 2019

A red card, I hear you say? 

Ainsley Maitland-Niles ruined plenty of Gunners' weekends (and my Fantasy League score) by getting a second yellow card inside the opening 41 minutes. Nice one Ainsley. 

AMN getting sent off after a Xhaka yellow for what was possibly the most moronic thing he has done ... in the last minute.
Worst half of football I’ve seen at the Emirates for quite a while

— Adam P (@ThreeFiveWho) September 22, 2019

Arsenal did equalise in the second half, but their joy was short-lived. Wesley stabbed home for Villa two minutes after Nicolas Pepe bagged his first goal for the club. 

Nicolas Pepe scoring an equaliser and Wesley scoring another for Aston Villa has to be the most Arsenal thing under Emery, absolutely shambles

— Pye Waw (@pyewaw) September 22, 2019

David Luiz was caught out massively on the second goal, and none of us were particularly surprised. 

David Luiz has been an absolute embarrassment since joining Arsenal. The environment is hardly conducive to great defending, but he's still managed to lower the bar.

— Daniel Storey (@danielstorey85) September 22, 2019

Please @ChelseaFC just take David Luiz back. You can keep the £8m.

— 1886 Arsenal (@1886Artekkers) September 22, 2019

But then, the unthinkable happened. 

ARSENAL TURNED IT AROUND AND WON A GAME OF FOOTBALL! 

Comeback kings! 👑 💪🏼 Important win and three points today. Let’s keep it going! @Arsenal #Sokrati5 #PremierLeague pic.twitter.com/HBqrQ7rlBP

— Sokratis Papastathopoulos (@SokratisPapa5) September 22, 2019

It was all smiles in the end from the Gunners, who seemed more in shock that their team had produced such a spirited comeback. 

Arsenal leaving Chelsea in the banter group like;

😂😂😂#ARSAVL pic.twitter.com/RJeWJ27AaP

— Notes (@Miebakaaaaaa) September 22, 2019

Being an Arsenal fan should come with a health warning.

— Patrick Timmons (@PatrickTimmons1) September 22, 2019

Emery still came under heavy criticism, but the ex-PSG manager has bought himself a little more time. You can't please all of the people all of the time, Unai. 

Captain Aubameyang to the rescue. Come on Arsenal. Still #Emeryout

— ☆☆☆ (@HeyPappy) September 22, 2019

Regardless of how this match ends, @UnaiEmery_ has to go. It's so evident. #Emeryout #ARSAVL

— Amaechi Chukwu (@Umunnanile) September 22, 2019