Arsenal vs Newcastle LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction after stalemate at Emirates Stadium
Arsenal 0-0 Newcastle: Gunners endure frustrating stalemate but still clear atop Premier League table
Arsenal’s Premier League title charge was checked as the leaders could find no way through third-placed Newcastle United in a disappointing 0-0 draw at the Emirates Stadium.
Victory would have given Arsenal a 10-point lead but they had to make do with a point against a rock-solid Newcastle who defended superbly to remain unbeaten since August.
The closest the hosts came to breaking the deadlock was in the 87th minute when Newcastle keeper Nick Pope made a great save to keep out a low shot by Eddie Nketiah while Arsenal also had a vociferous late penalty claim waved away.
Newcastle, who have the stingiest defence in the top flight this season, were content to sit deep for most of the evening although Joelinton wasted a good opportunity before the break.
Relive Arsenal vs Newcastle with our blog below:
Arsenal 0-0 Newcastle
9 mins: Newcastle earn themselve a respite after winning a free kick inside their own half. They take their time sending people up the pitch before Kieran Trippier tries to pick out Fabian Schar on the edge of the Arsenal box.
William Saliba is marking him though and he wins the ball in the air before nodding it clear.
Arsenal 0-0 Newcastle
6 mins: Arsenal have realy started quickly here. Martinelli weaves into the box and has a shot blocked but Eddie Nketiah tries to poke the loose ball home as well. It squirts out to Bukayo Saka who loses possession and goes down in the area looking for a penalty.
He doesn’t get one and Newcastle boot the ball away.
Arsenal are determined to stay on the attack though as Saka is given the all and makes a darting run through the middle of the pitch before playing Martinelli into the box. He rolls the ball to the byline for Granit Xhaka’s overlapping run but the midfielder’s lunging shot finishes in the side netting.
Arsenal 0-0 Newcastle
3 mins: Chance! Granit Xhaka shifts out to the left and goes on a decent run down the left side before sending the ball to Gabriel Martinelli who brings it into the box.
He pulls a pass back to Ben White whose shot is blocked up into the air. There’s an attempted clearance from Newcastle but the ball drops to Martin Odegaard who volleys a left-footed shot over the crossbar!
Kick off: Arsenal 0-0 Newcastle
The match gets underway and Newcastle take control of the ball early on. They move down the right side of the pitch where Kieran Trippier pushes up and whips a cross into the middle but Arsenal deal with it easily enough.
Arsenal vs Newcastle
Here come the teams.
This should be an intriguing contest at the Emirates Stadium. Arsenal will move 10 points clear at the top of the Premier League table if they are victorious tonight.
Newcastle meanwhile will move within six points of the lead if they defeat the Gunners.
Mikel Arteta says Arsenal not getting carried away despite Premier League lead
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta insisted there was still a “long, long” way to go in the Premier League title race after the leaders ended the year seven points clear courtesy of a thrilling 4-2 win at Brighton.
Goals from Bukayo Saka, Martin Odegaard, Eddie Nketiah and Gabriel Martinelli helped the Gunners tighten their stranglehold on top spot going into 2023.
The visitors led 3-0 and 4-1 at the Amex Stadium but survived a nervy finish after a VAR intervention prevented the Seagulls reducing the deficit to 4-3 with a minute to play.
A fifth consecutive top-flight success for the north London club saw them take full advantage of nearest rivals Manchester City and Newcastle being held to home draws earlier in the day.
Despite the healthy position, head coach Arteta, whose side host the third-placed Magpies on Tuesday, said his squad were not getting carried away.
Mikel Arteta says Arsenal not getting carried away despite Premier League lead
Victory over Brighton moved the Gunners seven points clear at the top.
Arsenal’s latest star
Eddie Nketiah has scored in three successive Premier League starts at home and has 11 goals in his last 11 starts at the Emirates in all competitions.
Howe vs Arsenal
Eddie Howe has never won as a manager at the Emirates Stadium, losing all six of his career Premier League matches there (five defeats with Bournemouth, one with Newcastle), by an aggregate score of 16-2.
His club did win their last game against Arsenal, taking a 2-0 victory in their previous Premier League meeting in May.
If Newcastle were to defeat Arsenal again today, they will have won consecutive league games against them for the first time since 1996.
Newcastle’s new year blues
Newcastle have only won their opening league fixture of a calendar year once in the last 10 attempts, beating Stoke City 1-0 in 2018. During that run they’ve drawn twice and lost seven of those new year fixtures.
Yet, having beaten Tottenham 2-1 in October, they’re looking to win away at both north London sides in a Premier League season for the first time since 2001/02.
Kieran Trippier feels vindicated in joining Newcastle after impressive results
Kieran Trippier believes his decision to join Newcastle United has been vindicated as they look to maintain their challenge at the top of the Premier League.
Eyebrows were raised last January when the England defender swapped Atletico Madrid for a club in the thick of a relegation battle, but already it is looking to be a sound call.
The Magpies eased away from danger after Trippier arrived last term and have enjoyed a brilliant start to this season, which continued after the World Cup break with Boxing Day’s 3-0 win at Leicester moving them up to second.
Kieran Trippier feels vindicated in joining Newcastle after impressive results
The Magpies were 19th in the Premier League standings when the 32-year-old England full-back arrived on Tyneside last January
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