Bukayo Saka’s own goal opened the scoring for the visitors, who could have run up an even more flattering score as John McGinn saw a goal harshly ruled out by VAR and Jack Grealish was denied by a goal-line clearance from Dani Ceballos.
Browsing: Aston Villa
Heading into their fixture at Old Trafford, Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta would have felt the need to produce a statement performance after defeats against fellow rivals Liverpool, Manchester City and Leicester City.
After an entertaining but goalless first half, Jack Grealish went close to a stunning opener for Aston Villa in the 52nd minute.
The Villans have won three games from three so far, including an incredible 7-2 victory over Liverpool last time out, while Leicester’s winning streak came to an end two weeks ago.
It was a result which not only ended the champions’ 100 per cent start to the season, but also was a severe humbling.
Klopp made the announcement before his side’s English Premier League (EPL) match at Aston Villa.
Dean Smith’s side have won two from two so far, while Liverpool have won their opening three outings of their first title defence for 30 years.
The England international, capped 33 times for his country at senior level, moved to Stamford Bridge from Everton in January 2018, but has since found himself on the fringes of the first-team squad.
The result left Villa, who narrowly avoided relegation from the top flight last season, fourth on a maximum six points from two games, while promoted Fulham are bottom with no points after a third successive defeat.
Runarsson will wear the number 13 shirt and is expected to deputise for first-choice goalkeeper Bernd Leno, replacing Emiliano Martinez who left Arsenal for Aston Villa in a deal worth £17 million.
The goalkeeper played regularly at the end of last season and started in the Gunners’ FA Cup final victory over Chelsea at Wembley in August.
Linked with a move to Manchester United in the early weeks of the summer, the England international has now committed himself to Villa Park until 2025.
Villa already have Chukwuemeka’s highly-rated brother, England under-17 midfielder Carney, on their books, and are keen to reunite the pair.
Midfielder Barry made 653 appearances in lengthy spells with Aston Villa, Manchester City and Everton, scoring 53 goals.
Fulham, West Ham, West Bromwich Albion and Aston Villa have all been mentioned as interested parties, while Crystal Palace have had a £12 million offer rejected.
Reports claimed Aston Villa is considering a £10 million move for Obafemi, but face competition from West Brom.
Villa had only earned promotion back to the Premier League last season following a three-year absence with victory over Derby County in the lucrative Championship play-off final at Wembley.
Dean Smith’s side pulled off a priceless victory over Arsenal on Tuesday night to climb out of the relegation zone, but their plight remains perilous with only goal difference keeping them out of the bottom three.
The Cherries are currently 19th in the table, three points behind 17th-placed Aston Villa, but they will also need 18th-placed Watford to drop points on the final weekend in order to escape the bottom three.
The managerless Hornets are in the bottom three heading into the final round of fixtures, behind 17th-placed Aston Villa on goal difference, while Arsenal are 10th and have one eye on next weekend’s FA Cup final.