Arsenal and Newcastle United could only manage a goalless draw, and while Newcastle will be happy to leave London with a point, Arsenal may be disappointed. twoht
Should you be looking for confirmation that this season in the Premier League has caught people a little off-guard, the reaction to Arsenal still being top of the table into the new year tells you all you need to know. The team that has been top of the Premier League since the 20th August, who went into their game against Newcastle United having dropped just five Premier League points , seems to have brought about a feeling of denial in a lot of people.
None of this is to say that it was bad football, as such. Joelinton’s miss was a little careless and the first half would be better described as ‘scrappy’ than anything else, but the tempo high and the passing was crisp. These were, ultimately, two teams cancelling each other out.
Mikel Arteta was already blowing a gasket over Newcastle slowing everything down to a crawl over those extra minutes when the handball shout came. Was it a penalty or not? Well… it sat right on the line. Granit Xhaka’s cross definitely hit Jacob Murphy’s arm, but said arm didn’t really seem to be in an ‘unnatural’ position and the question of where else he was supposed to put it seems like a fair one to ask.
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