Arsenal maintain distance with Villa

Arsenal maintained their distance from Aston Villa and if their title ambitions are to be believed they are 6 points behind 3rd place Chelsea.On the other hand,Manchester City's woeful season away from home continued.

Adebayor returned from injury to score two goals for Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium.The Togo player had been out of action since February combined with his returning captain,Cesc Fabregas to slot in the first as early as the 8th minute.

Arsenal also saw the return of Theo Walcott who has had his share of injuries too and was seen with an ice pack on his knee after being substituted.

Fabregas was again the providor for Arsenal's second chipping the ball over Dunne in the 49th minute and Adebayor maintained his cool to draw Given forward before slotting the ball home.

This takes Arsenal's unbeaten run to 17 games.