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Per Mertesacker<\/a> has admitted that Arsenal<\/a> \u201cfelt the pressure\u201d of their loss against Manchester City<\/a> during their 2-1 victory over Aston Villa<\/a> on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The Gunners allowed Marc Albrighton to equalise \u2013 the 20,000th goal in the Premier League’s history \u2013 in the second half, and did not secure three points until late on when substitute Yossi Benayoun struck, and manager Arsene Wenger conceded after the match that they had been lucky.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe felt the pressure because of the bad game against Man City [on Sunday, a 1-0 defeat] but we have now won away from home again,\u201d Mertesacker told the club\u2019s official website.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were under pressure but we found a good solution with the first goal.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe created some good chances but not as much as we thought at the beginning as Villa were always quick. Gabriel Agbonlahor was in some good situations [to score] but defensively we did a good job.<\/p>\n

\u201cVilla are a confident side. We thought, because of their bad run, that they were struggling, but I didn\u2019t feel that.\u201d<\/p>\n

The result brings the Gunners level with Chelsea on 32 points in the league table, though the Blues have a game in hand, which they will play at Tottenham on Thursday night.<\/p>\n

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