The Gunners are back to their winning ways.

A resurgent Arsenal defeated Aston Villa 2-1 at Villa Park on Wednesday night.

Robin van Persie set the ball rolling by tapping home a penalty on 17 minutes, marking his 34th Premier League goal of the calendar year. Marc Albrighton scored the lone goal for Villa on 54 minutes, and it went on to become the 20,000th goal of the Barclays Premier League. The Villa winger, in fact, capitalised on a defensive error by Per Mertesacker to slot past Wojciech Szczesny. But it was not enough to secure a victory for his side.

Yossi Benayoun grabbed a late winner (87 minutes) for the visitors three minutes from time.

Villa, in fact, came up with a remarkable performance overall, but ended up with a fourth home defeat in five matches.

Some exciting moments from the action are captured below:

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Aston Villa's N'Zogbia challenges Arsenal's Walcott during their English Premier League soccer match in Birmingham. Reuters
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Arsenal's Coquelin challenges Aston Villa's N'Zogbia during their English Premier League soccer match in Birmingham. Reuters
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Arsenal's Van Persie scores a penalty past Aston Villa's Guzan during their English Premier League soccer match in Birmingham. Reuters
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Aston Villa's Albrighton scores past Arsenal's Szczesny during their English Premier League soccer match in Birmingham. Reuters
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Arsenal's Benayoun celebrates his goal against Aston Villa during their English Premier League soccer match in Birmingham. Reuters
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