#5 Aston Villa vs Arsenal – 2008
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If it was Chelsea the previous year, Villa were involved in a Boxing Day classic against the Blues’ London rivals Arsenal. And they put on a show – at least in terms of their performance. The match ended 2-2, but Villa played the Gunners out of the park.
It didn’t start too well for Villa. In the 50th minute, they were 2-0 down thanks to goals from Denilson and Abou Diaby. But that is when Villa began to enthral the Villa Park faithful. They got a penalty and that man, Gareth Barry, was there to tuck the spot-kick away.
And then in injury time, Zat Knight stepped up as Villa rescued a vital point in a season when there had a more realistic shout for a Champions League spot than any other season.
Arsenal did finish fourth (of course!) that season, but they were aided by a late season Villa collapse.
