Newcastle vs Arsenal LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction tonight
Relive all the action as Mikel Arteta’s side suffered a huge blow in the top-four race
Bruno Guimaraes dealt Arsenal’s Champions League hopes a major blow as Newcastle powered their way to a deserved win at a raucous St James’ Park.
The £35million Brazilian condemned the Gunners to a costly 2-0 defeat with an 85th-minute strike after Ben White’s own goal had put the Magpies ahead in front of a crowd of 52,274.
As a result, Arsenal will go into Sunday’s final round of fixtures two points behind fourth-placed Tottenham and with their fate out of their own hands.
Victory was no more than Eddie Howe’s side deserved as they bounced back from successive defeats to Liverpool and Manchester City to take their tally to 46 points, the most they have collected since returning to the Premier League in 2017.
Relive all the action below:
GOAL! Newcastle 2 - 0 Arsenal (Bruno Guimaraes, 85’)⚽️
85 mins: Game over! Newcastle fly quickly up the pitch and feed the ball to Bruno Guimaraes. He takes a shot from the edge of the box that gets blocked. Arsenal push up as Sean Longstaff recovers the ball but Ben White is slow to react. Longstaff dinks it over to Callum Wilson in the box but he’s closed down by a sprawling Aaron Ramsdale. The ball comes loose once again but Guimaraes is on hand to guide it home!
Newcastle 1 - 0 Arsenal
83 mins: Chance! Martinelli tricks and weaves his way down the left side of the pitch and dribbles into the penalty area. He crosses it over to Pepe who nods the ball across to Nketiah. Nketiah lays it off to Odegaard but his shot it blocked but three defenders launching themselves in front of the effort.
Newcastle 1 - 0 Arsenal
81 mins: Save! Pepe gives the ball away to Murphy and sparks a counter attack for Newcastle. Murphy drives through the middle of the pitch before slotting the ball across to Ryan Fraser. Fraser draws in the last defender and gives it back to Murphy to smokes his shot at goal but is denied by the left-hand of Aaron Ramsdale!
Newcastle 1 - 0 Arsenal
79 mins: Eddie Howe responds by bringing Jacob Murphy and Ryan Fraser on to replace Miguel Almiron and Allan Saint-Maximin.
Murphy gets stuck into the action immediately by winning a long ball and driving at Bukayo Saka. He goes around the Arsenal man and heads into the box before blasting a shot/cross over towards the back post where it goes out of play.
Newcastle 1 - 0 Arsenal
76 mins: Mikel Arteta throws on another attacking player as Nicolas Pepe comes on to replace Gabriel. Nketiah, Lacazette, Martinelli, Pepe and Saka are all on the pitch for the Gunners now. Can they get an equaliser?
Newcastle 1 - 0 Arsenal
73 mins: Chance! Matt Targett makes an overlapping run down the right side for Newcastle and is played into space by Miguel Almiron. Targett finds Callum Wilson in the box and the striker chips his effort over to the far corner but sees it float wide of goal. He claims the strike took a deflection and the referee agrees. Corner to Newcastle.
Newcastle 1 - 0 Arsenal
70 mins: Targett receives some treatment and looks set to play on for Newcastle. Arsenal deal with the corner and work the ball over to Martinelli.
He passes it across to Cedric who feeds the ball up to Saka. Joelinton is onto him quickly and fouls the Arsenal winger in the middle third of the pitch.
Newcastle 1 - 0 Arsenal
67 mins: Arsenal look ragged now. Sean Longstaff is the latest Newcastle player able to run into space on the right wing. Callum Wilson is the target once again and Ben White has to lunge across to cover. He gets to the ball and guides it out for a corner.
Matt Targett has gone down off the ball and is clutching his hamstring. Eddie Howe may be forced into another change.
Newcastle 1 - 0 Arsenal
64 mins: Chance! Newcastle win a throw in on the right wing and send it to Bruno Guimaraes who carries the ball to the byline. He whips the ball into Callum Wilson who meets it on the volley and fires his effort over the crossbar!
Newcastle 1 - 0 Arsenal
61 mins: There are a few signs of desperation from Arsenal now. Gabriel Martinelli cuts inside from the left wing and curls a hopeful effort well wide of the far post.
Mikel Arteta goes to the bench and brings Alexandre Lacazette on to replace Nuno Tavares.
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