Arsenal defeated Newcastle 4-1 on Saturday to recover from their disappointing European midweek loss and close the gap on top spot in the Premier League to just two points over Liverpool.
With the comfortable victory, Mikel Arteta’s club maintained their incredible league start to 2024. The Gunners are now the first team in Premier League history to score two goals or more in seven straight half-hours of play.
Highlights of the game: Arsenal Vs Newcastle
Arsenal’s victory over Newcatle reduced Liverpool’s advantage over the Premier League leaders to two points.
After eighteen minutes, Sven Botman’s own goal put Arsenal ahead, and they never looked back.
Before the interval, Kai Havertz made it 2-0, and the Gunners continued to exert pressure in the second half.
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The 4-1 victory was completed with a rare goal from Jakub Kiwior after Bukayo Saka scored the third goal.
Manager’s reaction on Game:
Arteta remarked, “We’re in a good moment.” It is no secret that each player is doing a solo performance. Everything is going smoothly. We want more goals, and we are scoring them in a variety of ways. As soon as we get one, we want two, three, or four. That team spirit is something I adore.
Howe stated, “I don’t think we really got going in that first half at all.” “At first, they put pressure on us, but I thought we could handle it and overcome it.” However, we never really recovered from that experience, and we didn’t seem to compete well enough, which is really unusual for us.