Callum Wilson hit one of his teeth and Fabian Scherr lost consciousness.
But in the end, it was Newcastle who caught up with Arsenal’s dreams at CL.
Arsenal needed a win over Newcastle to keep Spurs at bay and get CL in their hands ahead of the final round.
But it was Newcastle who had the last home game of the year and led the game during the first half.
The only thing that had no teeth with black and white stripes was Callum Wilson. The striker received a blow in the middle of the first half and on TV photos you can see how the club’s doctors worked on very loose front teeth.
– Oh, it must be nicer to take it out than to keep playing, says Martin Åslund in Viaplay.
“Fair in the match”
No goals during the break. Then a poor start in the second half when Eddie Nketiah fired a punch at an ill-prepared Fabian Scherr in the team’s defence. Schär seemed to have suffered a certain amount of confusion and had fallen to an acceptable level in organisation.
Newcastle, with a start by Emile Crafth, kept going and in the 55th minute the profits also came. A ball went from the edge towards Callum Wilson’s acceleration, but Ben White in the far defense got in between them and pushed the ball into his team’s goal.
Nice and fair attack in the match profile, says Martin Oslund.
Arsenal then chased the equalizer but Newcastle finally took advantage of the huge gaps in defense that arose and Bruno Guimarães scored 2-0 with five minutes to go.
For Mikel Arteta’s team, that means CL’s chance is suddenly slim. If Dejan Kulusevsky and Tottenham get one point against Norwich last in the last round, it doesn’t matter what Arsenal do at home against Everton.
