Newcastle 1-0 Arsenal
by Roger Domeneghetti
at St. James' Park

NEWCASTLE burnished their top four credentials, and dented Arsenal’s title challenge with a hard-fought, at times bad-tempered, win on Saturday evening. Perhaps ironically given their opponents, the score was 1-0.

“It’s a massive win for us,” said a delighted Eddie Howe. “The players, the group were unbelievable. I can’t praise them enough.”

But Newcastle’s determination tells only part of the story of a game that was notable for a brace of red cards that probably should have been but weren’t, and a goal that might not have been but was.