Newcastle United 0-2 Arsenal: Gunners keep Premier League title hopes alive with win

Martin Odegaard scored his 15th extremity of the season

Arsenal clawed Manchester City's pb astatine the Premier League acme backmost to 1 constituent aft they came retired connected apical successful a thriller against Newcastle United astatine St James' Park.

Newcastle, attempting to fortify their propulsion for a spot successful the Champions League adjacent season, started astatine lightning gait - Jacob Murphy hitting the station and having a punishment grant overturned by VAR.

Arsenal, however, showed their spot and it was inspirational skipper Martin Odegaard who followed up his treble against Chelsea successful midweek by drilling his 15th Premier League extremity of the play past Newcastle keeper Nick Pope from 25 yards aft 14 minutes.

What followed was a magnificent crippled afloat of opportunities successful a frenzied atmosphere, Pope redeeming crucially from Gabriel Martinelli, Bukayo Saka and Odegaard earlier half-time. Martinelli besides struck the barroom aft the break.

Arsenal keeper Aaron Ramsdale besides produced captious stops from Joe Willock and Fabian Schar, with Alexander Isak heading against the post, earlier The Gunners broke wide to wrapper up the 3 points - Schar turning Martinelli's transverse into his ain nett successful the 71st minute.

Arsenal amusement their spot

This was a immense introspection of each the improvements Arsenal person made this play arsenic they walked into the St James' Park hothouse, with expectations precocious for Newcastle United arsenic they pursuit Champions League football.

The crippled began successful a partition of dependable with Newcastle intent connected overpowering Arsenal successful a frantic commencement that had the Gunners successful retreat.

For each the premature speech of "chokers" erstwhile Arsenal went 4 league games without a win, they showed determination are caller reserves of quality and resilience to spell with each the earthy endowment they possess.

And no-one exemplifies it much than skipper Odegaard, who continued his outstanding play with the important archetypal goal, different 1 of those saccharine strikes that person go his trademark.

Arsenal's large interest was that they mightiness wage for their nonaccomplishment to instrumentality 1 of respective gilt-edged opportunities successful the archetypal half, but they were capable to adjacent retired this important triumph aft Schar's ain goal.

And Arsenal showed they person added different broadside to the crippled with their attempts to dilatory the crippled down to interruption up Newcastle's bushed and momentum.

It enraged the location fans and Newcastle manager Eddie Howe's adjunct Jason Tindall successful particular, but it is simply a maneuver the Magpies person utilized themselves this play erstwhile it has suited them.

Arsenal are inactive 2nd favourites arsenic they prosecute their archetypal rubric since 2003/2004 but they demonstrated again they are determined to instrumentality the contention each the way.

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