Arsenal beat Newcastle 2-0 at St. James’ Park on Sunday to maintain their hopes of profitable the Premier League alive.
The Gunners began the day 4 factors behind Manchester Metropolis after Pep Guardiola’s facet beat Leeds 2-1 on the Etihad on Saturday, with each groups having performed 34 video games.
Mikel Arteta’s facet had been away to third-placed Newcastle on Sunday in what seemed like a tricky fixture, with the Magpies having thrashed Tottenham 6-1 not too long ago and scored 13 targets of their final three matches.
However Arsenal fared significantly better than their north London rivals and took the lead by way of captain Martin Odegaard after 14 minutes.
An personal objective from Fabian Schar prolonged the Gunners’ lead with 19 minutes remaining and Arteta’s facet are actually only a level behind Metropolis within the desk, having performed yet one more match than the Premier League leaders.
Arsenal are at house to Brighton subsequent weekend, earlier than a visit to Nottingham Forest the next weekend after which a gathering with Wolves on the Emirates Stadium on the ultimate Sunday of the season on Could twenty eighth.
Metropolis, in the meantime, are away from house in three of their remaining 4 fixtures: at Everton, Brighton and Brentford. The champions’ different sport is at house to Chelsea, whereas they’re additionally in motion twice in opposition to Actual Madrid within the Champions League semi-finals in that point.
