Martin Odegaard’s goal and an own goal by Fabian Schar helped Arsenal defeat Newcastle 2-0 on Sunday to keep their Premier League title hopes alive. With the win, Arsenal moved to within one point of Manchester City, who are now in first place.
Even though City has a game in hand and a slim advantage, the Gunners are not giving up the fight in their pursuit of a first league title in 19 years. City has a game in hand and a slim lead.
The Magpies’ advantage over fifth-placed Liverpool remains three points after suffering their second loss at home this season. after this, the Magpies are still making progress toward qualifying for the Champions League the following season.
A month ago, Arsenal enjoyed an eight-point advantage, but in their final five league games, they had only one victory, allowing them to lose control of their fate and allow another team to take the championship. However, Mikel Arteta’s team demonstrated how much they have grown in the last year, especially considering that a loss at St. James’ Park during the previous campaign lost them a spot in the top four.
After only three minutes of play, the away team was shaken up when Jacob Murphy hit the inside of the post with his shot. Shortly after that, the home team believed they should have been awarded a penalty after Bruno Guimaraes’ shot hit Jakub Kiwior in the arm.
The video assistant referee (VAR) decided that the Polish defender should not be penalized for the goal because it looked that the ball hit him in the thigh first.
Arsenal capitalized on their good fortune to take the lead with their very first effort on goal 14 minutes into the match. Odegaard took aim from a distance and buried the ball into the bottom left corner of the net, beating Nick Pope’s left hand.
After that, Pope was forced to make a number of crucial stops in order to keep Newcastle in a tense contest before the halftime break. The England goalkeeper stood tall on three separate occasions to save one-on-one scoring opportunities for Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Martinelli, and Odegaard.
After the half, there was no letup in the relentless tempo, and inside the first six minutes of the restart, shots from both teams were saved by the crossbar. Alexander Isak’s header hit the post, and then Aaron Ramsdale made an incredible save from Fabian Schar to maintain Arsenal in the lead. Fabian Schar made the save.
Martinelli eventually had Pope beat at the opposite end of the field, but the ball came back off the crossbar instead of going in. Before another stroke of genius from Martinelli scored the game-winning goal, tempers began to rise on both sides of a contentious competition. Martinelli’s goal proved to be the game-winner.
The Brazilian player sprinted the length of the field and then sent a cross into the box at a low angle, which Schar could only deflect into his own goal. An appearance in the top four is still within sight for Newcastle, despite the fact that Arsenal still needs favors from City in the run-in to achieve their objective.
The team led by Eddie Howe probably only needs six points from their remaining four games to ensure that they will play in the Champions League for the first time in twenty years. However, if Manchester United are victorious against West Ham later on Sunday, they might pass them and go into fourth place.