Arsenal have just gone two games without a win in the Premier League, falling behind Liverpool and Man City in the rankings. Mikel Arteta and his team are under a lot of pressure going into their trip to Newcastle with the pressure to improve this form.
The Gunners started slowly and probed their opponents. In the 12th minute, from an accurate pass from the right wing, Alexander Isak jumped high and headed past Raya to open the scoring for Newcastle. This was also the first chance of the match and the home team took advantage of it.
After conceding, the Gunners had two good chances from Saka and Merino, but were unlucky to equalize. In the second half, the away team could no longer maintain good pressure, they seemed discouraged when they could not break the opponent's game.
Trossard's left-footed shot was sent wide but Lewis Hall cleared it off the line. Arsenal had just 10 shots in the 90 minutes, only one of which was on target. That's a disappointing statistic for a title contender.
In the end, Newcastle won 1-0, thereby ending a streak of 5 games without a win in the Premier League. Arteta's team is still in 3rd place, but is now in danger of losing 3rd place to Aston Villa (with the same points) and Chelsea (1 point behind).
