The Argentine was making his first return to the Emirates Stadium since his summer change from the Gunners.
Emiliano Martinez was full of praise for his defence after he stored a clear sheet on his return to Arsenal as Aston Villa left the Emirates Stadium with a well-deserved victory.
Whereas the Gunners had been misfiring, Dean Smith‘s side obtained back to profitable ways having misplaced two consecutive Premier League home games earlier than heading to north London.
An Ollie Watkins brace added to Bukayo Saka‘s personal goal to provide Villa a cushty 3-0 win – and the margin of victory might have been larger nonetheless.
John McGinn had a first-minute strike dominated out by VAR whereas Jack Grealish noticed an effort cleared off the road when the guests had been purring within the second-half.
Smith labelled the win as a greater efficiency than when his side thrashed reigning champions Liverpool 7-2 final month.
One other man who was happy with the result was goalkeeper Martinez, making his first return to Arsenal after leaving within the summer.
Whereas he has earned loads of plaudits for his performances since making the move to Villa Park, the 28-year-old hailed the collective effort.
“I’m delighted with how my defenders are playing,” he mentioned.
“Generally you might have saves to make, generally I can not make any saves however the way my back 4 is defending is excellent.
“I’ve stored 4 clear sheets due to them, I take the work-ethic of the entire team, coming after two defeats at home.
“That’s three wins in a row away from home now. I don’t know when it was the last time we won against Arsenal here? I’m delighted, to be honest, I lost my voice as well.”
Whereas Martinez might have been delighted, the person who determined to sell him in September was something however.
Aston Villa’s Ollie Watkins (centre) heads home the first of his two goals in a 3-0 win over Arsenal (Alastair Grant/PA Photographs).
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta had referred to as for larger consistency following victory at Manchester United a week earlier.
However, regardless of naming the identical starting line-up, his side weren’t on the races and the Spaniard is keen to see the appropriate response from his gamers forward of their journey to Leeds after the worldwide break.
“I would like to have a game tomorrow morning to get this one out of the system. But as well, in difficult and bad moments, you get a lot of things,” he mentioned after the defeat.
“I need to see how individuals react, how gamers react and if we start guilty one another or if we just take a look at ourselves within the mirror after which attempt to change into a lot better than what we have proven tonight, which we’re.
“Then, after that, get everyone back collectively and get the preventing spirit, the assumption and the dedication that we have proven since I obtained right here, into each game.
“We expect to win every game and this is the standard that we have to set. So if someone believes that winning one or two games is good enough, they’re completely wrong and I’m not going to accept that – I’m not going to accept that mindset at all.”
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