Arsenal are back to winning ways with 3 – 0 win against Newcastle. This means we are now only 6 points off the top 4 places. To have any hope of playing in Europe next season we need to build on this win with the game against Southampton next week.

We didn’t start that well but we were very much in control. Similar to the last game we were very sloppy in the final third and struggled to get the ball in front quickly. Aubameyang missed a couple of good chances as well but we managed to turn it around in the second half. Partey was very important for us tonight him and Xhaka had a very good game and contributed to the clean sheet. Cedric had a fantastic game at right back as well he did everything right on that side and was linking up with Saka very well. Smith Rowe is a candidate for Man of the Match, he was brilliant again and another assist for him. It was also great to see Marinelli get some minutes.

The only players that can get into the starting 11 right now is Martinelli, Ceballos, Gabriel and Mari. If not Arteta should keep the same starting 11 as tonight.

Rating out of 10

Leno – 7
Holding – 7
Luiz – 7
Tierney – 7.5
Cedric – 7.5
Partey – 8
Xhaka – 7.5
Smith Rowe – 8
Saka – 8
Aubameyang – 8
Lacazette – 7.5

Subs
Elneny – 6
Willian – 5
Martinelli – 5