Mikel Arteta’s team, beaten 2-0 at Bournemouth then held 2-2 by Liverpool, recorded a third poor performance at St James’ Park which keeps his total at 18 points after ten matches.
The Londoners, third, could lose their place on the podium this weekend and see the gap with Manchester City (1st, 23 pts) extend to eight points if the quadruple defending champions were to win in the afternoon at Bournemouth. A difficult trip also awaits them next weekend at Chelsea, four days after a Champions League match in Milan against Inter.
On Saturday, Arsenal lost to a team of Newcastle which nevertheless remained in five matches without a victory in the Premier League (two draws and three defeats), its worst series in more than two years. The ‘Magpies’ scored quickly on a perfect cross from Anthony Gordon headed by Alexander Isak between the two central defenders Gabriel and William Saliba (12th, 1-0).
This is the tenth goal conceded in the last six Premier League matches by Arsenalwhose defense is no longer as sovereign as last season. THE ‘Gunners‘, still deprived of their usual captain Martin Odegaard, had possession of the ball during the majority of the match, without however being dangerous. They only had one of their attempts on target.
South a center of Bukayo Saka, Declan Rice came close to saving a point in added time but his header missed the goal defended by Nick Pope (90th + 3).
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