Rob Holding’s disastrous display against Spurs on Thursday ruled him out of the game against the Magpies after he received two yellow cards inside the opening 35 minutes of the contest.īen White scored an own goal to put Newcastle in front In what was undoubtedly the most important game of the Gunners season, Arsenal saw both of their first-choice central defenders return after both had huge doubts over their fitness going into the game. The Norwegian has never finished a half in the Premier League with less than 10 passes completed to his name, but saw the first 45 minutes go by with just five. The midfield battle was also being won convincingly by Newcastle, who nullified the threat of Martin Odegaard well. The hosts were getting a lot of joy down their left-flank as Allan Saint-Maximin toyed with Takehiro Tomiyasu at times. They were also subject to an onslaught of Newcastle attacks for much of the first-period, with Aaron Ramsdale looking notably shaky early on with a series of slips and parried saves rather than anything to relieve his side of some pressure. Martin Odegaard, much like every Arsenal player, struggled to get to grips with Allan Saint-Maximin
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