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Jorginho summed up his feelings after his strike forced a late goal to give Arsenal all three points at Aston Villa by simply saying: “That’s [the] Premier League”.
The Italy international hit a superb shot in the 93rd minute that struck the woodwork, before hitting Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez on the back of the head and rolling into the net to put Arsenal 3-2 up on Saturday.
Gabriel Martinelli sealed a 4-2 win with a breakaway goal in the closing seconds as Arsenal returned to the top of the Premier League table ahead of Manchester City’s trip to Nottingham Forest.
“That’s [the] Premier League,” Jorginho told BT Sport. “That’s why it’s the best league in the world. It’s just beautiful.”
Mikel Arteta’s side were without a win in three top-flight games and fell 1-0 down early on at Villa Park to an Ollie Watkins goal, with Bukayo Saka’s equaliser followed by Philippe Coutinho restoring the hosts’ lead before the break.
Oleksandr Zinchenko levelled things again just after the hour, before Jorginho’s shot forced a dramatic Martinez own goal to delight the visitors, with Martinelli adding an easy fourth on the counter after Villa’s goalkeeper had come up for a corner.
“It was very important,” Jorginho added. “After the last results we had and the start [today] it was not easy, we were not producing our game, and then we came to half-time, had a talk and we went back to doing the basics we need to do and we could change the game.”
Zinchenko hailed the “amazing group” at Arsenal and stated his belief that they can “achieve everything” as they compete with his former club City in the title race.
“I think from this game I would like to say two things,” he said. “First, we took an unbelievable lesson for all of us, we just need to believe until the very end and we can achieve everything.
“Like I said many times in the past already, this group is [full of] such amazing people, can achieve everything they want if we want to continue in this way, keep fighting, keep believing.
“Also, this reaction of us in the second half is perfect, I think that’s the right way to go for the future games.”
