From the vault: 5 classic wins against Aston Villa

Mesut Ozil scores against Aston Villa in 2015We have been taking on Aston Villa in league action for 120 years, and undoubtedly in that time we have enjoyed some thrilling wins against the Villans.

We’ve gone through the archives to dig out some of our biggest successes over the Birmingham outfit, as well as some topsy-turvey games we’ve managed to escape from on top and send our supporters home happy.

Here are five of the best wins, spanning the last four decades:

April 3, 1991

Arsenal 5-0 Aston Villa

We showed our championship-winning credentials with this emphatic win at Highbury, however at half-time the game was still finely poised. Kevin Campbell put us in front on 37 minutes after…