He Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal returned to winning ways in the Premier League three days later. The Gunnersthey did their part in the fight for the title after beating Newcastle United by the minimum and they pass the ball to Manchester City’s courtwho did not play a league match this weekend due to the FA Cup semi-finals.
Arteta walked with lead feet with its star, Saka, who started the match from the bench after returning from his injury. He Newcastle was clearly dominant in the early stages of the meeting. Bruno warned Arsenal with a shot that skimmed the crossbar of Raya’s goal. And immediately, the locals responded to the ‘Magpies’. God bless youwho had already warned Pope in advance, a whip was taken from the front of the area that slipped into the left corner of the rival goalovertaking Arteta’s men before reaching the first ten minutes of the meeting.
Eze celebrates the 1-0 goal
After 1-0, The clash did not have a clear dominator. There were approaches for both teams, but practically none of them were in real danger for Raya nor Pope. The Spanish goalkeeper did appear a little more than the English one, especially thwarting some of Howe’s attempts from a distance. The clearest one came after half an hour, when Raya had to rectify a shot from the front by Tonali how close he was to sneaking into Arsenal’s goal. The Gunners They went into the break with an advantage minimum on the scoreboard.
Arteta’s problems grew after passing through the locker room. To the Havertz injury in the first half, who had to be replaced by Gyökeres, Eze joinedwho had to leave the game five minutes into the second half. The match fell more absolute inconsequentiality in the next twenty minuteswhere neither of the two teams was able to make either of the two goalkeepers work.
One of the great controversies of the match came in the 74th minute. Pope missed a clearance after leaving his goal y trababa la carrera de Root when the Swede was preparing to shoot with an empty goal. However, Barrott, referee of the match, only punished the Newcastle goalkeeper with a yellow card.
The excitement increased in the final stretch meeting due to the need for the Newcastle result. Wissa had the clearest of Magpies in the 80′but the Congolese sent a volley high inside the area when he only had Raya in front of him. Pope, in the opposite area, kept Newcastle in the game with a great intervention against a shot from the edge of Odegaard. After a long stoppage of eight minutes, Arsenal ended up taking the lead.
With this narrow victory, Arsenal once again takes the lead momentarilyAt least until next weekend. Arteta’s men have 73 points and they are once again three ahead of Guardiola’s men, who are left with a game in hand. There is a lot of Premier League ahead.
