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LISTEN: Sutton names surprise pick for the best goalkeeper in the PL

Aston Villa and Arsenal are set to face each other in their second Premier League game of the season, following confident wins over West Ham United and Wolverhampton respectively in their opening matches.

Despite securing a highly successful fourth place in the table last season, the Lions have experienced the departure of key players such as Moussa Diaby to Al-Ittihad and Douglas Luiz to Juventus, raising questions over whether they can repeat the feat this season.

However, Villa did manage to replace Luiz with Amadou Onana from Everton in a £50million record signing, with the defensive midfielder netting on his debut against West Ham on the opening weekend.

Unai Emery's next test comes in the shape of his former club Arsenal, who beat Wolves 2-0 with relative ease last weekend, thanks to goals from Kai Havertz and Bukayo Saka.

Chris Sutton revealed who he thinks is the best goalkeeper in the league on It's All Kicking Off!

Both Villa and Arsenal head into the fixture with in-form goalkeepers within their ranks, with Gunners stopper David Raya superb against Wolves and Emiliano Martinez coming into the season fresh off the back of his Copa America triumph with Argentina. 

On the subject of goalkeepers, Chris Sutton named who he believes is the best in the Premier League on the latest It's All Kicking Off! episode, with Liverpool's Alisson Becker and Man City's Ederson often touted in the conversation.

Sutton is confident Aston Villa's Martinez is in a league of his own when it comes to goalkeepers, insisting that he has a seismic impact on how Emery's team perform week in week out.

You can find out how co-host Ian Ladyman responded to that, as well as how Mikel Arteta's innovation is only making Arsenal stronger, on the latest instalment of It's All Kicking Off. 

Source: dailymail.co.uk

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