The EPL is full of surprises. Just a couple of seasons ago, Aston Villa fans would be happy if their club finished 10th position. 16 matches into the season, who would have thought that Aston Villa would be considered title contenders. For the Arsenal vs Aston Villa match, I could see it was already over when Aston Villa scored a goal. I noticed Aston Villa have never lost any game from a winning position, if they are a goal up they will defend with everything they have got.
Every team in the premier league goes through a period time where you lose players to injuries. Aston Villa do not have the squad depth for when this happens.
Aston Villa this season has a squad whose quality is evenly distributed between its core and reserve players. Other advantages are also fortunate when they play against big teams, the team is hit by injuries, such as when Aston Villa beat Man City and most recently Assenal. But the EPL league is still long, half the season is not over yet. There are still Liverpool, Man City, Arsenal, Man United and Chelsea, even though they are not in good condition now, but halfway through the season it will be different.
But I still hope that Aston Villa can continue to be consistent and hopefully Aston Villa will repeat being the king of Europe which has been down for decades and is now starting to wake up again.