{"id":1205,"date":"2026-04-26T02:45:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T02:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/razak.com.ng\/?p=1205"},"modified":"2026-04-26T02:45:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T02:45:45","slug":"arsenal-delivers-against-newcastle-and-passes-the-ball-to-citys-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/?p=1205","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal delivers against Newcastle and passes the ball to City’s court"},"content":{"rendered":"


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He Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal returned to winning ways in the Premier League<\/strong> three days later. The Gunners<\/em>they did their part <\/strong>in the fight for the title after beating Newcastle United by the minimum and they pass the ball to Manchester City’s court<\/strong>who did not play a league match this weekend due to the FA Cup semi-finals.<\/p>\n

Arteta walked with lead feet <\/strong>with its star, Saka, who started the match from the bench<\/strong> after returning from his injury. He Newcastle was clearly dominant in the early stages<\/strong> of the meeting. Bruno warned Arsenal with a shot that skimmed the crossbar of Raya’s goal. And immediately, the locals responded <\/strong>to the ‘Magpies’. God bless you<\/strong>who 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 goal<\/strong>overtaking Arteta’s men before reaching the first ten minutes of the meeting<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

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Eze celebrates the 1-0 goal<\/span>AP<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After 1-0, The clash did not have a clear dominator<\/strong>. There were approaches for both teams, but practically none of them were in real danger for Raya <\/strong>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<\/strong> how close he was to sneaking into Arsenal’s goal. The Gunners<\/em> They went into the break with an advantage <\/strong>minimum on the scoreboard. <\/p>\n

Arteta’s problems grew<\/strong> after passing through the locker room. To the Havertz injury<\/strong> in the first half, who had to be replaced by Gy\u00f6keres, Eze joined<\/strong>who had to leave the game five minutes into the second half. The match fell more absolute inconsequentiality in the next twenty minutes<\/strong>where neither of the two teams was able to make either of the two goalkeepers work. <\/p>\n

One of the great controversies <\/strong>of the match came in the 74th minute. Pope missed a clearance after leaving his goal <\/strong>y trababa la carrera de Root<\/strong> 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<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The excitement increased in the final stretch <\/strong>meeting due to the need for the Newcastle result. Wissa had the clearest of Magpies <\/em>in the 80′<\/strong>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<\/strong>. After a long stoppage of eight minutes, Arsenal ended up taking the lead<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

With this narrow victory, Arsenal once again takes the lead momentarily<\/strong>At least until next weekend. Arteta’s men have 73 points<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n