Newcastle 0-2 Arsenal: Gunners keep up fight with statement to Man City they're still hanging around

Arsenal are showing Manchester City they're still hanging around, a 2-0 victory over third-placed Newcastle United highlighting that.

The Norway international’s 14th-minute strike, his fifth goal in as many games, coupled with Fabian Schar’s unfortunate own goal, secured the 2-0 victory and extended the gap between them and third to 16 points, in turn closing the gap to City – who have a game in hand – to just one.

Having laboured out of the blocks against Southampton seven days earlier, they knew they could not afford a repeat and with strikers Callum Wilson and Alexander Isak starting together for the first time, they went for the Gunners from the off. The locals among a crowd of 52,267 were still voicing their discontent when Odegaard was given time and space on the edge of the box to fire a left-foot drive past the helpless Pope to give the visitors the lead against the run of play.

Martinelli fired across the face of goal and Pope denied Odegaard with his feet deep into stoppage time at the end of an increasingly fractious opening 45 minutes.

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