While Manchester City played the FA Cup semi-final against Southampton, Arsenal had the opportunity to put pressure on their rival for the title by winning against Newcastle, still mired at the bottom of the table. And the Gunners managed to quickly recover from the defeat against the Skyblues last week, since a powerful strike from Eze opened the scoring (1-0, 9th). Arsenal dominated, but failed to create danger, while Havertz was forced to leave prematurely due to injury (34th).
Without shining in front of their home crowd, Arsenal dominated, but were unable to reach the Magpies’ opposing area, not scoring a single shot during the second half, before a superb return from Martinelli captured by Pope (82nd). Without shining and facing a Newcastle team which will have achieved nothing, Arsenal returns to the top of the Premier League with three points ahead of Man City, who will have one more match to play. There will still be four matches left to decide the next champion, while the Toons have not yet ensured their survival.
