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Premier League, Arsenal stops against Newcastle: 0-0

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Premier League, Arsenal stops against Newcastle: 0-0

They finished 0-0 at the Emirates as the leaders ended their seven-game winning streak. The Magpies are confirmed in third place

From our correspondent Davide Chinellato

No escape. Arsenal do not break through against the super defense of Newcastle, the best in the Premier League, and rise to +8 over City instead of +10, with the English champions who will play against Chelsea on Thursday to close the distances from the top of the class. The 0-0 final says that the Gunners remain dry in the league for the first time this season, they stop their streak of consecutive successes at the Emirates at 7: they tried, but they found a wall in front of them. And without the Magpies, third and increasingly revelation, asking their goalkeeper Pope for miracles.

THE KEYS

Defense beats attack, then. It’s Newcastle’s strength, not conceding goals. It is no coincidence that the Magpies are at the 13th consecutive useful result: to drill them you have to make a damned effort. Even Arsenal noticed it, never before in such difficulty to find the goal. Not even Saka and Martinelli’s flicks on the wingers were needed, or Nketiah’s unsuccessful efforts, for the first time dry since he inherited the position of starting central striker from Gabriel Jesus. Arsenal made the game, both because they remain one step above and because Newcastle allowed them to, but they never broke through, also thanks to the match with more shadows than lights by Martin Ødegaard, pivot of Arteta’s team who had churned out 3 assists in the first two games after the break. The Gunners also needed a few more substitutions: Arteta made the only substitution half an hour into the second half, changing to right-back when he needed more attacking imagination. Gabriel Jesus’ injury at the World Cup has also created this problem, which only the market can solve: the agreement with Mudryk, the Shakhtar full-back who according to De Zerbi who coached him has the potential to win the ball gold, is in the pipeline. Newcastle would also need goals, who don’t score for the second game in a row: Howe however is about to recover his centre-forward, Alexander Isak, the most expensive signing of the sheikhs’ era who only played 3 games due to injury. It is also due to his return, as well as the consistency with which Newcastle have played throughout the season, that first Guardiola and then Arteta have indicated the Magpies as true contenders for the title: this equal to the Emirates only confirms what they are worth.

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THE MATCH

Arsenal create three chances to score before the 10th minute, but after the storm (the metaphorical one, given that it continues to pour over the Emirates) Newcastle put themselves well in defense and the match gets nervous, arriving at the break with 5 yellow cards but no goals. The yellows become 7 before the quarter of an hour of the second half and the match does not change the script: the super guest defense manages to curb the frenzy of the hosts. Arsenal tries until the end, even in five excited minutes of added time in which the Emirates turn against referee Madley, invoking the VAR for a hand in the area by Murphy: the referee doesn’t even need to see her again to the monitor to decide that it is not a penalty. And finish the match between two of the best teams the Premier League has to offer without a goal.

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