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Keeper is going up

Midway

FK Newcastle in our half

Then gives Newcastle a goal kick

Rice has it

Martinelli chases

Cleared

Corner Newcastle

White heads away

rice gives it away

Throw Arsenal

Hincapie boots it clear

On the break, he just had to square it to Saka for a one on one and his pass was cut out

FUCKING HELL GYOKERES

OOOOHJ

Great defending Hincapie

Half clear

They're gonna pump it into the box

FK Newcastle on halfway

Woltemade fell over and handled the ball and got a free kick

Fuck off ref

Hincapie fouled

Raya takes it well

Long one incoming

Saka defends, throw Newcastle

Gabriel gives it back to Newcastle

I think I might die

7 mins

Burn falls over, goal kick Newcastle

But we should not have had that danger

Scramble in our box ends with a fk to Arsenal

MLS should have fouled Woltemade 50 yards up the pitch

Ooooh

Cleared, came back to Saka, then off Odegaard and out for a goal kick

Corner Arsenal, Saka to take

Odegaard shot beaten away at the near post by the keeper who should have been sent off

Ooooh

Hincapie wins it

Newcastle sub: Willock off, Elanga on

Rice booked

Cleared

Shut up Neville

COME ON B-DOG

Saka to take

Gyokeres shot deflected behind for a corner

Oooh

Burn back post header, straight at Raya

Oooh

Overhead kick Martinelli, straight into the arms of the keeper who should have been sent off

Ooooh

Let Gabriel head it home

JUST PUT IT IN

Saka shot, deflects off Burn, behind for a corner

Oooh

Arsenal subs: Zubimendi and Madueke off, Saka nd Lewis-Skelly on

WAKE UP ARSENAL

He was onside too

Put it over the bar from 8 yards out

HUGE chance Wissa

Ooooooh

Newcastle throw in their half

Not flip-flopping over the Pope thing, I have to process in real time!

Hincapie with a good foot in

The more I think about it, the more I think that should have been red

Rice delivers a brilliant ball in and nobody attacked it

FK Arsenal out wide

Newcastle sub: Guimaraes off, Woltemade on

BUT, if it was a defender who made the foul, and there was just the keeper, it might have been viewed differently

I think yellow is probably right

there was a covering defender

Ref issues a yellow

Pope came out, missed the ball, fouled Gyokeres

Ode looks for Gyokeres

He was almost falling over

Maduke feeds Zubi, but no real power in the shot

Oooh

Think Ode could have fed Gyokeres there

Odegaard gets it after Guimaraes slips, then Zubi looks for Gyokeres who is on his heels

Martinelli yellow card, got caught in possession and made a foul

Gyok chest, Martinelli shot blokced

Crowd trying to lift the team

Throws it quickly to Martinelli

Raya takes it

FK Newcastle in our half

Newcastle keep it

Rice clears

He shouldn't be

Gabriel switch to Noni, who is offside

Gyokeres then chases it down and does well to win it

Gyokeres boots it away

Throw Newcastle in our half

Newcastle subs: Barnes and Wissa on, Osula and Murphy off

Tonali shot blocked by Gabriel

Rice got into the box, tried to cut inside the defender and got tackled

Oooh

Gyokeres doesn't even compete in duels, just backs in and lets the defender win it

FK Arsenal, halfway

Then Raya hits it all the way through for a goal kick

Taken short and wasted

Will it be short?

Madueke to take

Madueke runs into trouble, but puts enough pressure on Burn to win us a corner

Arsenal keep playing

Guimaraes down

Raya catches it

Caught Hincapie's boot in the head (accidental)

Newcastle player down

Madueke cross, easy catch for Pope

Takes it to Madueke who has a shot blocked

Ode to take

FK Arsenal outside their box, wide area

Yellow card Dan Burn

Gyokeres fouled

We need to wake up

This is bad from Arsenal

Newcastle with 75% possession in this half

Think Hincapie was just on

Offside flag up

Went all the way through

OOooh

Ode there too

Rice to take, I think

Arsenal FK, in the Newcastle half

If there's a time for that trio to do SOMETHING, it's now

And now we have the front 3 that never works

He's walking off, so hopefully not too serious but still

Arsenal sub: Eze off, Martinelli on

It's fucking ridiculous

I just can't believe these injuries

Martinelli coming on

Looks like he's done

ffs

Eze down

Newcastle offside

Saliba good header

Ode gets a toe in as Newcastle get into our box

Hincapie cross, Eze can't make the header

Ooooh

Be strong

Gyok does well, holds it up, that's better

But this half has started brightly for Newcastle

Goal kick Arsenal

For a big guy etc etc ...

Gyokeres loses his first duel of the half

We're off again

HT

Gyokeres offside from a Raya kick

Hincapie gets a good foot in

3 mins added

Goal kick Newcastle

Gabriel fouled deep in our half

Some bloke 'YOU'RE FUCKING SHIT BURN!"

haha

Now Newcastle throw

Good pressure White, Arsenal throw in their half

Saliba does well, then gives it away

Throw Newcastle in our half

Tonali shoots, blocked

Then Saliba fouls Guimaraes 35 yards out from our goal

White gives it away

Burn volleys wide from outside the box

Eze looks for Gyokeres who doesn't make any kind of run for him

Hincapie defends well, wins a free kick

Rice penalised, fk Newcastle in their half

Goal kick Newcastle

Hincapie low cross just cleared

Arsenal sub: Havertz off, Gyokeres on

I think his race is run

Looks like a groin strain?

Not sure what's happening

Havertz is down

Gets caught by Rice in doing so

Willock shoots over

It's a good save

Tonali with a stinging shot from 30 yards, Raya made a save, ball was wobbling all over the place

OOOOH

Half clear

Corner Newcastle

Madueke low cross cleared, throw Arsenal deep in their half

Eze nuts Guimaraes then fouled

Eze looks for Havertz, Botman intercepts

Someone just needs to fucking hit it when we're around their box!

Too many passes from Arsenal

Zubi does well

OOoh, Eze looks for Madueke, Pope gets there first

Madueke and Ode combine, think Odegaard should shoot with his right foot

Oooh

Make it count

Smart play Arsenal

Arsenal throw

Goal kick Arsenal

FK Newcastle, not far outside our box, near the right corner

Zubi had played it to him in their half, he had support, but went for the ambitious option and it was a tame shot

Madueke tries a shot from 40 yards, wrong choice

Saliba heads back to Raya under pressure from Osula

Pope lumps it

Ode looks for White who doesn't make the run, goal kick Newcastle

Madueke overruns it in their box, needed to pull the trigger

Eze low cross cleared

Curling effort Willock, Raya comfortable save

Oooh

We're not really controlling anything at the moment, Newcastle with more of the ball

Low cross, Raya claims

Oooh, ball through for Havertz just too heavy

Ode and Rice dropping deepo

FK Arsenal on the edge of our box

Eze pass just a roll too heavy for Rice

Gabriel clears a cross

Havertz flick through to Odegaard just cut out

Arsenal throw, Newcastle half

Tries to kick it quickly, hits a Newcastle player

Raya takes a cross

Throw Newcastle, deep in our half

Madueke can't find Havertz

Newcastle possession

⚽️ 1-0, Eze https://streamff.com/v/407862f2

Played it into the box, Havertz laid it off to Eze who hit a first time shot into the far corner, brilliant finish!

Third time lucky on the short corner routine

EZE

GOOALLL!!!

Madueke to take again

Corner Arsenal after White played Madueke in behind, he's tackled in the box after a slightly heavy touch

Eze has a shot, fizzes wide

Ooooh

Short agaibn

Madueke low cross, cleared behind for another corner

Ooooh

Then an Ode pass almost cut out

Take short

Madueke to take

Corner Arsenal

Newcastle throw, from the same kinda p[ace

Arsenal throw, deep in our half

Ode dropping a bit too deep early on, I think

Zubi caught on the ball out wide

Guimaraes shoots over

Ooooh

Ode looks for Havertz who is static

Early chance Newcastle, Osula kicked fresh air

Oooobh

We're off

Afternoon all

Arsenal: Raya, White, Saliba, Gabriel, Hincapie, Rice, Zubimendi, Odegaard, Eze, Havertz, Madueke

Subs: Kepa, Mosquera, Saka, Jesus, Martinelli, Gyokeres, Trossard, Lewis-Skelly, Dowman

Newcastle: Pope, Botman, Tonali, Thiaw, Osula, Murphy, Willock, Burn, Guimaraes, Ramsey, Miley

Subs: Ramsdale, Trippier, Hall, Wissa, Barnes, Elanga, Woltemade, Murphy, Neave

Team news will be posted 75 mins before kick-off.

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