Arsenal Return To Winning Ways As Newcastle Go 13 Without A Win

Arsenal returned to winning ways on Saturday when the team broke the resistance of a seemingly determined Newcastle United sentencing Eddie Howe’s side bottom of the Premier League without a win.

Newcastle have now gone 13 games in a stretch without a win and are looking forward to the January transfer window to rebuild the team with a surfeit of cash from new Saudi owners.

New manager, Howe, in the Newcastle dugout for the first time after missing last weekend’s 3-3 draw with Brentford because of Covid, had set up a team to try to contain Arsenal and eke out a point.

It appeared as if the strategy might be working until Bukayo Saka slotted home from Nuno Tavares’ through ball in the second half.

Saka went off injured and his replacement Gabriel Martinelli scored with his second touch, a wonderful volley from Takehiro Tomiyasu’s clipped pass over the top.

Both sides had hit the woodwork in an otherwise uninspiring first half.

Jonjo Shelvey’s long-range drive was tipped on to the bar by the diving Aaron Ramsdale – and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang hit a sitter off the post from six yards out.

After returning to winning ways Arsenal remain fifth in the Premier League, while Newcastle are five points adrift of safety with just over a third of the season gone.

GreenWhiteGreen GWG reports that for Arsenal the win came after the team’s run of victories was violently punctured by the 4-0 drubbing at Liverpool in their last league outing.

With additional reports from BBC

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