Arsenal’s 2-0 loss in opposition to Newcastle at St. James’ Park has dealt a frame blow to their Champions League hopes. Mikel Arteta’s group have been discovered to be no fit in opposition to twelfth ranked Newcastle at the day filing to an embarrassing defeat.
Ben White after the overall whistle in Arsenal vs Newcastle. (Courtesy: Reuters)
HIGHLIGHTSTottenham Hotspurs need to lose their ultimate recreation to provide Arsenal any hopeTottenham Hotspurs play relegated Norwich Town of their ultimate gameArsenal have now misplaced two video games in a row within the Premier League
Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal copped an enormous blow in opposition to mid-table Newcastle United via losing 3 an important issues at St. James’ Park on Monday night time, 16 Might. Arsenal’s loss supposed that they fell two issues at the back of fourth-placed Tottenham Hotspur going into the overall league recreation of the season and feature perhaps in all probability misplaced the risk to play within the Champions League subsequent season. Arteta’s group positioned 5th within the league desk these days and conceded an personal objective at the night time, in the end dropping the sport via 0-2 in opposition to Eddie Howe’s males.
“Newcastle deserved to win the fit and have been a lot better than us. We had not anything within the recreation. They have been a lot better in each division and we have been deficient with the ball,” Arteta advised Sky Sports activities.
“A large number of issues took place all over the sport, like substitutions for accidents, however it isn’t an excuse as a result of they have been a lot better than us,” he additional added.
“It is true that lets no longer deal with the sport that we needed to play right here. We attempted to modify some issues nevertheless it did not make it higher. We had moments the place we seemed higher however then the execution used to be so deficient and the targets we gave away have been extraordinarily deficient.”
At the night time, an personal objective from Ben White in opposition to a vicious low pass from Joelinton started the downfall for Arsenal. Whilst the hosts had quite a few possibilities to attain, they have been in charge of squandering maximum of them. The overall blow got here within the eighty fifth minute of the sport with January signing Bruno Guimaraes sealing the deal for Newcastle.
As issues stand, Spurs will want only a draw to stay themselves within the Champions League spots, and they are able to be assured taking into consideration they are going to be taking over remaining positioned Norwich Town, who’ve received simply 5 video games out in their 37 suits within the Premier League this season.