ASTON VILLA man Ashley Young blasted Arsenal for celebrating “like they won the league” after they beat Steven Gerrard’s side.
A solitary Bukayo Saka goal helped the Gunners record a narrow 1-0 win at Villa Park on Saturday.
Arsenal celebrated wildly after beating Aston VillaCredit: GettyYoung has slammed the Gunners for how they reacted to the full-time whistleCredit: Getty
The full-time whistle cued wild celebrations among Mikel Arteta’s squad after Bernd Leno had denied Philippe Coutinho in added time.
Arsenal’s players partied in front of the away end after the game, joining in with chants from the travelling crowd and giving away their shirts.
The celebrations didn’t go unnoticed to former Manchester United man Young, 36, who suggested they may have been a tad over the top.
He told Villa TV: “We want to make this a tough place to come and I think it is a tough place.
“You saw the way they celebrated, to be honest it was like they won the league. But it shows they found it tough.
“We want to be in those European places, we want to get the club back there, and everyone’s got that ambition to get the club back there.
“So we want to make it a tough place to come, but we want to be winning games as well.”
Young isn’t the only Premier League player to point out Arsenal’s exuberant celebrations following a win.
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Like Young, Ruben Neves slammed the Gunners for celebrating “like they won the league” after they beat Wolves last month.
Young also reckoned Arteta and Co were fortunate to come away with all three points.
He added: “In the second half we played much better football, we were all on the front foot and we were looking like the only team that was going to go and get that goal and it’s disappointing we weren’t able to today.
“It’s one of those things. On another day, if we started the game like we started the second half, it would have been a totally different story.
“Or if one of them [half chances] goes in it puts Arsenal even more on the back foot and the fans get behind us and we go even more full throttle to try and get a second goal. On a different day it could have been a different story.”
The victory keeps Arsenal well in the driving seat for Champions League qualification, with the fourth-placed Gunners four points ahead of Manchester United, having played a game less.
