LONDON (AP) — Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored from a late free kick to give 10-man Arsenal a 3-2 victory over Aston Villa in the Premier League on Sunday.John McGinn had given Villa a surprise lead but Arsenal recovered from Ainsley Maitland-Niles being sent off in the 41st minute to equalize through Nicolas Pepe’s penalty in the 59th.Villa regained the lead just 89 seconds later Alyssa Naeher Jersey , with Wesley turning home, but Calum Chambers hit his first Arsenal goal since August 2016 to level again in the 81st.Article continues below ...Aubameyang’s winner sent Unai Emery’s side to fourth place.As with most of Arsenal’s games this season, the start of the match was wide open. Goalkeeper Bernd Leno was tested twice by long-range McGinn efforts, the second of which was well saved.Pepe, who Emery concedes still needs time to adapt following his summer transfer, started in lively fashion and had a shot deflected behind.Moments later, the visitors were ahead following more suspect defending from Arsenal.Anwar El Ghazi crossed and McGinn, who had already lost Matteo Guendouzi, ghosted in between three static Arsenal defenders to steer the ball home.Bukayo Saka, making his full Premier League debut at 18, was one bright spark forhosts Arsenal in the opening stages, with the winger keen for possession and striking just over the bar from outside the box.Arsenal’s afternoon only looked to be heading in one direction when Maitland-Niles was sent off four minutes before halftime for a second bookable offence.Having already been cautioned for bringing down El Ghazi early on Rose Lavelle Jersey , referee Jon Moss produced another yellow for the player as he followed through to foul Neil Taylor — receiving treatment on the floor before being red-carded.A Villa mistake presented Arsenal with a way back into the contest in the second half.Guendouzi bundled his way into the penalty area and was tripped by Bjorn Engels. Pepe sent the resulting penalty down the middle to level.But Villa responded immediately, first McGinn flashing a shot wide before Jack Grealish broke into the box past Sokratis Papastathopoulos and crossed for Wesley to finish at the near post.Trezeguet should have done better as Villa caught Arsenal on the counterattack but his shot was straight at Leno, while David Luiz’s free kick was tipped over by Villa goalkeeper Tom Heaton at the other end.Guendouzi’s drive hit the base of Heaton’s post moments later as the 10 men chased a second equalizer.Aubameyang ballooned over the bar but Emery’s side then leveled for a second time as Chambers struck from six yards at the second attempt.The comeback was complete less than three minutes later as Engels fouled Aubameyang on the edge of the box. The Gabon striker, wearing the captain’s armband after Granit Xhaka was taken off, netted his seventh of the season from the free kick. LYON, France (AP) — Netherlands midfielder Jackie Groenen’s route to the World Cup final has been unusual by any standards, one which saw her starring at judo before attempting to represent a different nation at soccer.Born in the Netherlands, the 24-year-old Groenen grew up in a small Belgian village in the province of Antwerp. She won two Dutch judo championships at the youth level and another at the under-20 level, and also took the bronze medal at the European Cadets Championships in 2010.But after breaking a hip she committed herself to soccer.Surprisingly, perhaps, it wasn’t Holland she envisaged playing for at senior level. Five years ago FIFA rejected her request to switch to Belgium. She must be relieved soccer’s governing body denied her wish.Because her extra-time strike in a 1-0 win against Sweden on Wednesday night took the Dutch women’s side into their first World Cup final, and fourth overall for the soccer-mad Orange-shirted fans after three losses in the final by the men. The Netherlands face the United States in the championship game on Sunday.The first of those was in 1974 — when the astonishingly skilled Johan Cruyff was the talk of world soccer.Just like Cruyff https://www.thetopsoccer.com/uswnt/amy-rodriguez-jersey , her soccer idol, Groenen proudly wears the No. 14 jersey.It was hard not to admire Cruyff, who died in 2016, because he was such a ground-breaker.The brazenly skillful forward dared to wear No. 14, for example, when outfield players traditionally only wore Nos. 1-11, and now players can choose 99, 77, 44 or any other number they cherish.But Cruyff mostly caught the eye because of his mesmerizing ball control, allied to his searing pace and twinkling feet.He helped the Dutch men’s team expand soccer minds by establishing the concept of Total Football, whereby all outfield players are seamlessly interchangeable on the field, allowing them to switch positions without affecting the shape of the side.It was so easy on the eye Emily Sonnett Jersey , but incredibly difficult to defend against when orchestrated properly by Cruyff and his long-haired gang. All the players had to be technically proficient and skilled, even defenders. The Dutch thrilled fans with this wonderful new concept in the 1970s — and reached the World Cup finals in 1974 and ’78.In the ’74 final, the Dutch took the lead in the second minute from the penalty spot, after Cruyff was hacked down following a slaloming run, but lost to West Germany 2-1.It was also at that tournament where Cruyff produced a magical move now engrained in soccer folklore — the Cruyff Turn.Receiving the ball near the byline, with a Swedish defender on his back, he flicked it behind his standing leg while turning at full speed.Cruyff bemused the Swedish defense that day, and fittingly there was some slick Dutch technique in Groenen’s extra-time winner against the Swedes again on Wednesday night.Three players combined intricately with quick passes, setting her up for a low and clinical shot from just outside the penalty area.“I just saw a nice angle,” Groenen said modestly after the game.A modesty explained by the fact it was only her third international goal in 53 appearances.“We’ve been discussing this for a couple of weeks; that I need to shoot more. The ball came really nicely, so I just thought, ‘Let’s do it Sam Mewis Jersey ,'” she said with her trademark grin. “I think (midfielder) Danielle Van de Donk is very proud of me, because she told me to take these shots.”A first World Cup goal for a player used to firsts. Groenen became the first overseas signing for Manchester United after the recently formed women’s team was promoted to England’s Super League in May.She has her mind set on another first — a desperately-awaited World Cup title for the Dutch.The men and women have won the European Championship once.Inspired by the flamboyant Ruud Gullit and Marco van Basten, the men won Euro in 1988 in West Germany.The women matched that by winning Euro 2017 on home soil, thanks largely to the scoring prowess of striker Vivianne Miedema.Now they have a chance to go one better than the men, who lost another World Cup final in 2010.It’s a big ask.On Sunday, they must beat the defending champion United States, the lavishly skilled tournament favorite gunning for a fourth title.“I hope we’ll be able to play our own game,” Groenen said. “It’s so nice to be able to play in a team where you get that self-confidence, we’re really good at that.”Groenen won gold medals during her judo career, now World Cup glory beckons.