{"id":34769,"date":"2025-10-02T13:28:50","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T12:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/?p=34769"},"modified":"2025-10-02T13:30:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T12:30:01","slug":"arsenal-fight-back-to-beat-newcastle-and-close-gap-on-liverpool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/arsenal-fight-back-to-beat-newcastle-and-close-gap-on-liverpool\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal fight back to beat Newcastle and close gap on Liverpool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Arsenal came from behind to earn a deserved win at St. James\u2019 Park on Sunday, cutting Liverpool\u2019s lead at the top to just two points.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flashscore.co.uk\/team\/arsenal\/hA1Zm19f\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gunners<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> had lost their previous three visits to Newcastle without scoring, but Mikel Arteta\u2019s men started brightly this time. They fired three shots \u2013 two on target \u2013 in the opening six minutes, with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flashscore.co.uk\/player\/saka-bukayo\/08NLEo06\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bukayo Saka<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> captaining the side in Martin \u00d8degaard\u2019s absence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Newcastle briefly steadied themselves as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flashscore.co.uk\/player\/thiaw-malick\/0vSsR1xI\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Malick Thiaw<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and Sandro Tonali tried to stem the pressure, yet Arsenal kept pushing forward, with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flashscore.co.uk\/player\/eze-eberechi\/Stf4BYFn\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Eberechi Eze<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flashscore.co.uk\/player\/calafiori-riccardo\/CEwq7x7l\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Riccardo Calafiori<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> especially influential.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Against the run of play, the hosts struck first when Nick Woltemade headed in Tonali\u2019s cross just after the half-hour mark \u2013 only the sixth time a Newcastle player has scored in his first two home games.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Arsenal kept their composure and turned the game around after the break to secure all three points, ending their Tyneside hoodoo and boosting their title hopes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal came from behind to earn a deserved win at St. James\u2019 Park on Sunday, cutting Liverpool\u2019s lead at the top to just two points. The Gunners had lost their previous three visits to Newcastle without scoring, but Mikel Arteta\u2019s men started brightly this time. They fired three shots \u2013 two on target \u2013 in the opening six minutes, with Bukayo Saka captaining the side in Martin \u00d8degaard\u2019s absence. Newcastle briefly steadied themselves as Malick Thiaw and Sandro Tonali tried to stem the pressure, yet Arsenal kept pushing forward, with Eberechi Eze and Riccardo Calafiori especially influential. Against the run of play, the hosts struck first when Nick Woltemade headed in Tonali\u2019s cross just after the half-hour mark \u2013 only the sixth time a Newcastle player has scored in his first two home games. 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