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Newcastle United vs Arsenal. Premier League.

St James' Park, NewcastleAttendance52,194.

Newcastle United 1

  • A Gordon (64th minute)

Arsenal 0

    Newcastle 1-0 Arsenal: Anthony Gordon's second-half strike ends Gunners' unbeaten start to Premier League season

    Match report and free highlights as Newcastle beat Arsenal 1-0 at St James' Park; Anthony Gordon's finish enough to take three points and end Gunners' unbeaten start to Premier League season; Newcastle move up to sixth while Arsenal miss chance to move level on points with leaders Man City

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    FREE TO WATCH: Highlights of Newcastle's win over Arsenal in the Premier League

    Arsenal missed the chance to move level on points with Premier League leaders Manchester City as their unbeaten start to the season came to an end with a 1-0 defeat by Newcastle at St James' Park on Saturday Night Football.

    Anthony Gordon's controversial goal in the 64th minute, which was subject to a four-minute VAR check, proved the difference in a fiery clash between two teams who finished in the top four last term.

    Despite a lack of first-half goalmouth action, temperatures reached boiling point before the break when Kai Havertz was booked for a reckless lunge on Sean Longstaff before Bruno Guimaraes was perhaps fortunate not to see red for an off-the-ball forearm on Jorginho.

    Anthony Gordon celebrates after scoring in the second half
    Image: Anthony Gordon celebrates after scoring in the second half to give Newcastle the lead against Arsenal

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    Gary Neville believes officials made the correct decision to allow Anthony Gordon's controversial goal to stand in their 1-0 win over Arsenal

    The match settled down in the second half and despite some relentless late pressure from Arsenal, Gordon's strike from Newcastle's first shot on target gave Eddie Howe's side a memorable win to move them up to sixth in the table and extend their unbeaten league run to seven games - but Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta was furious with the decision to allow the goal.

    "It's a disgrace," Arteta told Sky Sports. "It's embarrassing. That's how I feel and that's how everybody feels in that [dressing] room. You cannot imagine the amount of messages we've got saying this cannot continue. It's embarrassing. I'm sorry, embarrassing.

    "I feel sick. That's how I feel. I feel sick to be part of this. It is not good enough and we cannot accept that."

    The defeat was a missed opportunity for Arteta and Arsenal, who failed to join Man City at the Premier League summit following the champions' 6-1 victory over Bournemouth earlier in the day. The Gunners are third, two points behind north London rivals Tottenham who can move further clear when they face Chelsea on Monday Night Football.

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    Player ratings

    Newcastle: Pope (7), Trippier (7), Schar (7), Lascelles (7), Burn (6), Guimaraes (5), Longstaff (7), Joelinton (7), Almiron (6), Wilson (6), Gordon (7).

    Subs: Livramento (7), Willock (7), Murphy (6), Ritchie (n/a).

    Arsenal: Raya (6), White (6), Saliba (7), Gabriel (7), Tomiyasu (6), Rice (6), Jorginho (6), Havertz (5), Saka (6), Nketiah (5), Martinelli (7).

    Subs: Zinchenko (6), Vieira (n/a), Trossard (n/a).

    Player of the match: Anthony Gordon.

    The game's big talking points

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    Jamie Carragher describes Kai Havertz's challenge on Sean Longstaff as 'daft' but not worthy of a red card during a feisty encounter between Newcastle and Arsenal in the Premier League

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    Jamie Carragher and Izzy Christiansen discuss Bruno Guimaraes' challenge on Jorginho which was cleared after a check by VAR

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    Anthony Gordon's goal for Newcastle against Arsenal is confirmed after a lengthy VAR check to confirm if the ball went out of play, if there was a foul, and if there was an offside or not

    How Newcastle secured hard-fought win

    After a scrappy opening 15 minutes, Arsenal - without their influential playmaker Martin Odegaard who was unfit - began to build momentum, but after forcing a series of corners had only Jorginho's skied volley and William Saliba's wayward header to show for their efforts.

    Newcastle had barely threatened before Callum Wilson blazed Dan Burns' knockdown over the crossbar from in front of goal in the 29th minute.

    An intense physical first half was low on quality and littered with full-blooded challenges, one of which raised the home fans to fever pitch as Havertz's late lunge sent Longstaff sprawling. That sparked a players' melee that took referee Stuart Atwell some time to control, with Havertz, Longstaff and Gordon eventually shown yellow cards.

    Furious Newcastle assistant Jason Tindall made clear to the Arsenal bench what he thought of Havertz's mistimed challenge. A third Newcastle player, Fabian Schar, was booked soon after to the wrath of Magpies fans.

    Arsenal threatened to on the stroke of half-time, but Gabriel Martinelli's fierce drive was comfortably held by Nick Pope.

    Team news

    Newcastle head coach Eddie Howe named the same side that started last weekend's 2-2 draw at Wolves in the Premier League.

    Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta made three changes to the team that began the 5-0 win over Sheffield United last time out.

    Gabriel Magalhaes, Takehiro Tomiyasu and Jorginho replaced Jakub Kiwior, Oleksandr Zinchenko and Emile Smith Rowe.

    Martin Odegaard was not fit enough to be included in the matchday squad despite being a scoring substitute during Wednesday's defeat at West Ham in the Carabao Cup.

    Gordon lifted the home fans soon after the restart as he ran across the edge of Arsenal's box looking to make space for a shot, but he was crowded out.

    Declan Rice became more influential for the Gunners and he headed wide before Newcastle broke the deadlock in the 64th minute.

    Both substitutes had hand in the goal soon after entering the action as Jacob Murphy's shot span wide and was kept in play by Joe Willock, whose cross was flapped at by David Raya before being headed down by Joelinton for Gordon to turn home.

    Did Joe Willock keep the ball in during the build-up to Newcastle's winner against Arsenal?
    Image: Did Joe Willock keep the ball in during the build-up to Newcastle's winner against Arsenal?
    The on-field officials and VAR didn't award a foul for this challenge from Joelinton on Arsenal's Gabriel
    Image: The on-field officials and VAR did not award a foul for this challenge from Joelinton on Arsenal's Gabriel

    There then followed a lengthy delay - four minutes and six seconds to be precise - before the goal was confirmed as VAR checked whether the ball had gone out of play before Willock's cross, whether Joelinton had fouled Arsenal defender Gabriel and if Gordon had been offside.

    Newcastle were dealt an injury blow when Murphy popped the same shoulder which had kept him of recent games and was replaced by Matt Ritchie.

    The Gunners probed for an equaliser but their front line continued to misfire, creating no further chances on a disappointing afternoon for the north Londoners.

    Arteta: It's embarrassing, it's a disgrace

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    Mikel Arteta slammed the decision to allow Anthony Gordon's goal to stand in Newcastle's 1-0 win over Arsenal

    Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta told Sky Sports: "I praise my players for the performance and the way we played. We didn't deserve to lose the match. We lost the match because of the clear and obvious decisions. It's embarrassing. A disgrace. That's what it is. A disgrace.

    "There's so much at stake, we put [in] so many hours. I am here to represent the football club and get my team to compete at the highest level possible. The margins are so small. It's a disgrace, it's embarrassing. That's how I feel and how everyone feels in that [dressing] room. You cannot imagine the amount of messages I got saying this cannot continue. It's embarrassing.

    "I have to be here now to say it is not acceptable.

    "I don't know how to feel. I am wasting my time. We are wasting our time. I don't want to be in the hands of people. It's difficult enough to compete against this team. It cannot continue. It's embarrassing. There's too much at stake. The consequences are too big."

    Howe: It looked like a good goal to me

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    Newcastle boss Eddie Howe has his say on Kai Havertz's first-half challenge and Anthony Gordon's controversial goal

    Newcastle head coach Eddie Howe told Sky Sports: "We're in the dark, we're stood by the side of the pitch seeing VAR on the screen but with no pictures. I haven't seen anything other than what I saw at the time. It looked a good goal to me.

    "It was a tough game. Massive win, full credit to the players for what they gave today it was a battling performance. Maybe not the game we expected it to be in terms of style from both teams. The midfield battle was important, we had to try and stay in the game in that way. Joelinton was huge and all three midfielders really helped us.

    "When you don't concede you're always in a game. It wasn't the game we prepared for but you have to show different sides of your game to win and I think we have that in the group at the moment."

    On player of the match Anthony Gordon, Howe said: "He's got used to what's expected of him. He had sight of it at the end of last season, he came back fitter from the Euros which was successful for him. That helped his confidence and he's been brilliant for us this season. And he's shown versatility."

    Why Newcastle goal correctly counted...

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    Jamie Carragher and Izzy Christiansen analyse Anthony Gordon's controversial goal for Newcastle in their 1-0 victory over Arsenal

    Sky Sports' Jamie Carragher:

    "The big one is about whether or not the ball went out. I don't think there's a foul while the offside is very difficult to see.

    "There's lots of stills of the ball on the line or people saying on social media that the ball is out, but the camera angle we have here is not conclusive.

    "I'm glad in some ways it's still been given. My first thought was that it was offside, mainly because it felt there was only one Arsenal player behind the two Newcastle players.

    "I don't think it's a foul."

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    Gary Neville believes Arsenal are 'lacking something' in the final third of the pitch and a top-class striker would greatly improve their chances of winning the title

    How the match played out...

    Fantasy Premier League stats

    FPL stats: Newcastle 1-0 Arsenal

    Goals Gordon
    Assists Joelinton
    Bonus points Trippier, Lascelles, Joelinton (3)

    Opta stats: Magpies turning the tide against Gunners

    • Newcastle have won two of their last three Premier League home games against Arsenal (L1), as many as in their previous 19 against them at St James' Park (D7 L10).
    • Newcastle have won four consecutive Premier League home games without conceding a single goal for the first time since April 2012.
    • Arsenal lost for the first time in the Premier League this season, leaving Tottenham as the only side with an unbeaten record this term. Meanwhile, this is the first time Arsenal have lost consecutive games just three days apart in all competitions since December 2020 (vs Everton and Man City).
    • Newcastle's Anthony Gordon has scored five goals in his last 11 games in the Premier League, as many goals as he scored in his previous 51 appearances.
    • This was the first time Arsenal failed to score in all competitions this season (17th game). Newcastle were also the first team to stop the Gunners from scoring in the Premier League last term (0-0 in January).

    What's next?

    Live: SNF

    Newcastle are on the hunt for revenge when they travel to Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League on Tuesday, kick-off 5.45pm. Eddie Howe then revisits his old side Bournemouth in the Premier League next Saturday live on Sky Sports, kick-off 5.30pm.

    Arsenal host Sevilla in the Champions League looking to move a step closer to the knockout stage on Wednesday, kick-off 8pm. The Gunners then welcome Burnley to north London on November 11, kick-off 3pm.

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