Arsenal vs Newcastle
Arsenal would face off with Newcastle United on Saturday afternoon.
The Magpies began matchweek 13 sat dead bottom of the English top-flight and as the only side of the 20 PL clubs to have not won a single game this term.
As a result, though Arsenal lost 4-0 vs Liverpool last time out, they still likely fancied their chances of getting back to winning ways this weekend.
However, Eddie Howe’s side actually proved a pretty tough nut to crack inside the first 45, with a Martin Odegaard free-kick and a huge miss from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang the only noteworthy takeaways from the first half.
How did he not score there!? 🤯
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang misses an absolute sitter for Arsenal… pic.twitter.com/hf2O1ApmgB
— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) November 27, 2021
Arsenal dealt injury blow
Arsenal, though, came out in a much more aggressive fashion in the second 45 and eventually took the lead when Emile Smith Rowe, Nuno Tavares and Bukayo Saka combined to smash home the opener 56 minutes in.
The Star-Boy strikes again 🤩
Wonderful, quick passing move from Arsenal, lead by Saka and finished by Saka 👏
Lovely goal 🌶️🔥
— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) November 27, 2021
However, Arsenal’s joy was short-lived as Saka went down shortly after scoring his goal appearing to be holding his quad:
Saka down, holding quad. Seemed to suggest to Partey he may have hurt it when he scored. Physio coming on.
— Simon Collings (@sr_collings) November 27, 2021
The Englishman then went off despite his best efforts to carry on:
Martinelli coming on for Saka.
