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Jack Grealish and Leon Bailey left blown away by £33m Aston Villa player vs Arsenal yesterday

Both Jack Grealish and Leon Bailey were incredibly impressed with one Aston Villa player in the win against Arsenal yesterday.

Unai Emery’s side eventually produced a masterclass in the second half at the Emirates, completing a l✃eague double against the manager’s old cl▨ub.

Photo by Catherine Ivill - AMA/Getty Images
Photo by Catherine Ivill – AMA/Getty Images

The result and the performance were further reminders of just how far this Aston Villa side have come, boding confidence of ☂a top four finish and perhaps a European honour.

Diego Carlos was immense at the ♛back, a display that was full of class and determination from the off.

And once his Aston Villa teammates met his levels in🎉 the second half, there was very little Arsenal could do.

If Mikel Arteta’s side looked ti♏red and bereft of ideas, then the away side were quite the opposite.

Villa were controlling the game in the middle, even without Douglas Luiz.


And when you have a finisher as good as Ollie Watkins up top, well you’ve always got a chance of gettiꩵng a result.

Ollie Watkins delivered another masterclass for Aston Villa at Arsenal yesterday

Of course, having scored Villa’s second goal yest☂erday, a delig﷽htfully deft chip, Watkins did take to  to celebrate the win.

And having scored hi𝓡s 19th goal of the league season, the striker uploaded four photos with 🏅a caption of: “A lot of people doubting me this year, I only use it as motivation.”

And as you may expect, a host of Watkins’ඣ teammates replied with their congratulations.

Among the replies Leon Bailey wrote: “What ওa player” leaving three fire emojis as well.

And former Aston Villa player Jack Grealish even left his support too, sharing three emoji𒁏s on the pos🅺t.

Jack Grealish and Leon Bailey amazed by Ollie Watkins' Aston Villa performance in Arsenal win
Jack Grealish and Leon Bailey amazed by Ollie Watkins’ Aston Villa performance in Arsenal win. Cr. (olliewatkins) © 2024 INSTAGRAM FROM META

It’s been a remarkable campaign for the , ✨who now has such a strong chance of stealing the Golden Boot away from Erling Haaland.

The Norwegian is guaranteed to grab a few more g🐻oals as Manchester City likely stroll towards a fourth consecutive title now, but there’s no reason to think Watkins can’t match or even better that pace.

All that being said, Declan R🏅ice did also praise the Vi𒊎lla striker following yesterday’s match, saying he didn’t stop all game.