An emphatic win over a title rival answered many of the questions that had been bubbling up around Mikel Arteta's side

Arsenal closed out 2025 in emphatic fashion, smashing third-placed Aston Villa 4-1 on Tuesday to surge five points clear at the top of the Premier League.

Wolves get there first point under Rob Edwards. Villa almost get a late consolation and Ollie Watkins' effort smacks the post before John McGinn shoots straight at David Raya on the rebound. VAR confirm that Dorgu was offside, back to level parity.

It'll be a colossal six-pointer in the Premier League title race to close out 2025 on Tuesday, when leaders Arsenal host 3rd-place (and surging) Aston Villa in north London.

Arsenal stay clear at the top of the table going into the New Year, with a 4-1 win. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

There is not much to be taken out of this wretched season so far, but Wolves fans did not let that spoil their latest trip to the North West. Four days previously, they had seen their team lose at Liverpool by the odd goal in three,

Lucky Arsenal were let off the hook in dramatic style as they claimed a 2-1 win against Wolves thanks to two own goals from the Premier League's basement boys, with Yerson Mosquera heading what proved to be the winner past his own keeper Sam Johnstone deep into stoppage time at the Emirates.

Arsenal sat deeper and deeper towards the end on Saturday The Wolves equaliser had been coming. That would have felt like a crazy thing to say when the clock ticked into the 83rd minute at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday night with Arsenal on the attack.