Arsenal close to the top and Newcastle United sink
The Arsenal side have beaten Newcastle United and have come much closer to the top of the leaderboard by scoring 23 points, thus forgetting the defeat suffered last week at Anfield.
They lost important points to Liverpool, but have managed to pass this Saturday's test against Newcastle at the Pragmatic Emirates Stadium. This is how Eddie Howe's team played an important game, waiting behind, very organized and safe.
In this way they were dedicated to hoping that Callum Wilson could drop some many long balls that they threw at him, and trusting that Allan Saint-Maximin, Joelinton or Ryan Fraser would be able to create danger in a hypothetical second play.
Local dominance by Arsenal
Clearly dominoes could be seen by the locals in almost the entire match and despite the fact that the visitors also had their chances to open the scoring in the first half, the first 45 minutes ended tied at zero goals.
One of the clearest chances was Jonjo Shelvey, who grabbed the ball up front and took a shot that goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale managed to deflect so that he crashed into the crossbar and missed the chance to score.
While in the other goal, Martin Dubravka did the same and managed to get a goal that was more than sung. That was how the 40th minute came when the Slovakian managed to get the header from Emile Smith Rowe.
The subsequent rebound ended at the feet of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, just one meter away from the goal and without rivals, but the ball would end up crashing into the post.
Miker Arteta had several important men on the bench that he could count on such as Nicolás Pépé and Alexandre Lacazzette, but he wanted to continue trusting his men on the court, so he did not make any changes.
The tournament reveal
Emile Smith Rowe has become one of the main revelations of the Premier League this season, who has already made his debut with the senior team, where he coincided with his teammate Bukayo Saka, who was the one who tried the most against Newcastle United, practically all occasions of danger passed through his feet.
In the second half, only five minutes of play had to pass for Saka to penetrate the rival area after some good footwork, but his shot was being stopped by Dubravka.
However, five minutes later, the scoring would open, this time Smith Rowe and another of the young players such as Nuno Tavares joined, among them three found a perfect end to a sequence of 16 consecutive passes.
Where Saka would be left alone, with enough spaces and in an even better situation than he had previously, this time he would not fail. After half an hour of the second half, Saka would have to leave replaced by an injury, in his place Gabriel Martinelli would enter, who would sentence the game with his first touch of the ball.
A great play by Takechiro tomiyasu from the right side would leave the Brazilian alone with the rival goal, so with a volley and a subtle touch it would be effective to send the ball to the back of the net and seal the victory against Newcastle.
Arsenal had a very uneven start to this season, but thanks to their improvement over the days they are already in European positions, while Newcastle will continue to be bottom while sinking to the bottom of the table.