Arsenal defeated 1-0 by Aston Villa

Arsenal was left to rue several missed chances in its 1-0 loss to Aston Villa.

When Arsenal look back on its 1-0 defeat to Aston Villa, there will be a sense of "what if" as the Gunners did more than enough to not only earn a draw, but win the game.

After John McGinn's seventh-minute goal, the Gunners dominated proceedings and several missed chances in the first half from Martin Odegaard, Gabriel Martinelli, Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Jesus saw Arsenal control the game with reward.

Unfortunately, it continued in the second half as the Gunners simply lacked the quality in the final third, and when the ball was in the net, VAR overruled it.

Arsenal managed 12 shots on goal, but only five on target as in the final third, the Gunners lacked the clinical striking we have become accustomed to. And as such, Villa, who were rendered rudderless after the seventh-minute, managed to hold on for a vital win.

With the top of the table now squeezed due to results over the last couple of matchdays, it is getting tight. But after a game where Arsenal played so well aside from putting away its chances, it could be easy for the players to get down on themselves.

One just hopes that if Arsenal are in a close title race in May, that we don't look back on this result as the "one that got away" as the last thing fans want is for this result to come back to haunt them.