The Magpies narrowly defeat the Gunners in a match in which things did not go their way and they found themselves outclassed by the locals.
Despite Arsenal’s total dominance, Eddie Howe’s men focused on defending and coming out vertically to do damage. Something he achieved in one of his first attempts, with a goal from Isak that made him the ninth top scorer in the club’s history in the Premier League. The result puts Newcastle into the fight for Europe, while the Gunners move away considerably from the lead.
Arteta does not find the key despite dominating
The first half started with a dominant Arsenallocking Eddie Howe’s men into their own area. The group led by Mikel Arteta had the lead in the first stages of the match, although at the first change the Magpies gave the first peck. The first and only goal of the match would be scored by Alexander Isak. The Swedish striker would beat Gabriel Magalhaes, to finish at will and beat David Raya to put his team ahead on the scoreboard.
Despite the goal against, Arteta’s men would continue with their initial plan to keep the ball, although they were not capable of generating too much danger. Arsenal dominated the match but the premises were very overgrown and they began to generate chances little by little. The Londoners were not being able to finish the plays and therefore the match would go to half-time with the advantage for the locals.
The Gunners miss Odegaard
Arsenal’s game was being very flat and the absence of the Norwegian is notable. He is probably the Gunners’ most decisive player, capable of seeing gaps where no one sees them and dares to filter balls between the smallest gaps in a defense. The pupils of the Spanish coach they were not able to startnor generate anything to change the tone of the party. So after 15 minutes of the second half, Arteta decided to move pieces to find solutions in a match that was getting out of hand.
Martinelli and Mikel Merino were the first to leave the field, something that did not sit well with the Spaniard and he left with somewhat noticeable anger. Time kept running, the danger was shared between both teams but they were not able to materialize the plays. The Spanish coach kept moving the bench to reverse the situation, because He saw that the top zone of the classification was slipping away. Still they were not able to break the Magpies’ defensive wall and 3 points were left at St. James’ Park.
The lead goes to 7 points
After the defeat against Newcastle, Arteta’s men move considerably away from first position. Despite the defeat, It hasn’t all been bad news.thanks to the defeat of Manchester City. Bournemouth took three from him a couple of weeks ago, but did him the favor of taking it from one of his direct rivals for the title. Although with the defeat of Arteta’s and Guardiola’s men, Arne Slot’s Liverpool regains the lead.
Arsenal are currently in fourth positionbehind Liverpool, City and Nottingham Forest. It depends on the results this afternoon between Tottenham – Aston Villa and Manchester United – Chelsea. That if the visitors’ victories occur, the Londoners They could fall to sixth position.
