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Newcastle Vs Arsenal (8/11/2019)

Newcastle United

Eddie Howe

First Eleven

24 Miguel Almirón Min. 18

05 Fabian Schär

36 Sean Longstaff Min. 67 (Substituted with Allan Saint-Maximin)

08 Jonjo Shelvey Min. 54' (Substituted with Jetro Willems)

06 Jamaal Lascelles

1 Martin Dúbravka

11 Matt Ritchie

14 Isaac Hayden

19 Javier Manquillo

03 Paul Dummett

9 Joelinton

Substitutes

13 Yoshinori Muto

26 Karl Darlow

18 Federico Fernández

02 Ciaran Clark

17 Emil Krafth

15 Jetro Willems Min. 54' (Substituted with Jonjo Shelvey)

10 Allan Saint-Maximin Min. 67 (Substituted with Sean Longstaff)

St. James' Park

End of Match

58' Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

FT	NEWCASTLE 0-1 ARSENAL
90+1'	Foul by Javier Manquillo
90'	FOUR minutes of added time...
89'	Attempt missed. Joelinton left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Miguel Almirón.
88'	Foul by Jamaal Lascelles Nicolas Pépé wins a free kick in the defensive half.
86'	Attempt missed. Fabian Schär right footed shot from outside the box.
84'	Final change for Arsenal as Martinelli replaces Mkhitaryan.
81'	Xhaka dives into the back of Almiron, who gets the ball away to a team-mate before the Arsenal skipper clattered into him. The referee shows him a yellow card.
77'	Saint-Maximin bursts past Maitland-Niles but then trips over his own feet to bring to an end a promising situation for the Arsenal.
72'	Fast work from the Arsenal fans, who already have a song for Pepe. "Super, super Nick" rings out from the away end.
67'	Newcastle chnage now, with Longstaff coming off and he has been replaced by Saint-Maximin.
64'	A change for the Gunners as Ceballos comes on for his Premier League debut in place of WIllock.
58'	GOAL! NEWCASTLE 0-1 ARSENAL (Aubameyang, 58) Aubameyang is up and running!
54'	Change for Newcastle as Shelvey is replaced by Willems.
50'	Camera pans to the Arsenal bench as Unai Emery sends Lacazette and Pepe out to warm up.
47'	CORNER! Chance to get the ball into the Arsenal penalty area but Shelvey's cross is cleared at the near post by Monreal.
46'	NEWCASTLE 0-0 ARSENAL Second Half begins.
HT	NEWCASTLE 0-0 ARSENAL
45'	TWO minutes of added time.
43'	The pace has dropped in the last few minutes as both teams tries to see the game out to half-time.
41'	Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Paul Dummett.
38'	Maitland-Niles wins a free kick on the right wing.
37'	Yellow card for Henrikh Mkhitaryan
32'	SAVE! Mkhitaryan's brilliant pass over the top releases Aubameyang and the striker gets a powerful strike away on goal.
30'	Attempt missed. Granit Xhaka header from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Reiss Nelson following a set piece situation.
27'	SAVE! Joelinton has a number of yellow shirts around him but he still manages to get a shot away from the edge of the Arsenal penalty area.
25'	Yellow card for Reiss Nelson
23'	Attempt missed. Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Arsenal) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Nacho Monreal.
20'	POST! Shelvey with a terrific strike from the edge of the box, he volleys it towards the top left-hand corner of the net.
18'	Yellow card for Miguel Almirón
12'	Maitland-Niles spots an opening and tries to go through it, however the area is speedy closed down by 3 Newcastle players as the hosts win back possession.
8'	It's a completely moist afternoon in Newcastle, miserable climate for their opening game of the season. The conditions could play a part in today's result. No chances for either side so far.
5'	Arsenal are dominating the possession in the early few minutes of the game, keeping the ball well in their own half.
1'	First Half begins