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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 8 (setup 1, season 31)
Newcastle United
v.
Arsenal
Formation:
3-4-3
League position:
17
Overall form:
Home form:
Steve MANDANDA17Kevin TRAPP
Formation:
4-4-2
League position:
7
Overall form:
Home form:
Juan Francisco Torres Belén, JUANFRAN2JORDI ALBA Ramos
Cesar AZPILICUETA Tanco37José María GIMÉNEZ de Vargas
FERNANDO Francisco Reges47Gerard PIQUÉ Bernabeu
Shkodran MUSTAFI57Darijo SRNA
José María CALLEJÓN Bueno67Xabier Alonso Olano, XABI ALONSO
SON Heung-min7Mesut ÖZIL
Daniel Ceballos Fernández, DANI CEBALLOS86Iker MUNIAIN Goñi
Gonzalo Gerardo HIGUAÍN797Anwar EL GHAZI
Dries MERTENS107DIEGO da Silva COSTA
PHILIPPE COUTINHO Correia711NEYMAR da Silva Santos Júnior
Charlie PullingManagerRichard Metcalfe
JAUME Vicent Costa Jordá12Aleksandar KOLAROV
Simone SCUFFET13Gianluigi BUFFON
Gonzalo Javier RODRÍGUEZ Prado14Abdelhak NOURI
Kingsley COMAN15Sergio BUSQUETS Burgos
André SCHÜRRLE16Simone CAPUTO

Newcastle United 3 Arsenal 2
(Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 48,799, Stadium: St.James' Park, Referee: Rob STYLES 6½, TV: highlights)
26 Mertens, 38 Philippe Coutinho, 47 MertensScorers13 Diego Costa, 74 Neymar
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
5Corners4
9Fouls9
7Offsides5
8Shots on6
2Shots off4
10Total shots10
5Shots saved2
50%Possession50%
Man of the match: SON Heung-min
7PHILIPPE COUTINHO was put clear by CALLEJÓN and he beat the 'keeper but thrust his shot over the bar.
10The Arsenal 'keeper was able to claw away a wicked effort.
11A corner was collected by ÖZIL who flicked an effort just beyond the near post.
13GOAL!! SON tried to play the ball out of the Newcastle United penalty area but was tackled by EL GHAZI who flicked the ball to DIEGO COSTA for an easy tap in. (1-0 Arsenal)
17A shot from EL GHAZI was headed off the line by JUANFRAN.
24SRNA brought the ball away from MUSTAFI and rattled a tame shot over the bar.
25TRAPP saved a curling effort from DANI CEBALLOS.
26GOAL!! Uncertainty between GIMÉNEZ and TRAPP allowed MERTENS to tap the ball into the empty net. (1-1)
31XABI ALONSO worked the ball to NEYMAR, DIEGO COSTA gathered his cross and booted the ball within easy reach of MANDANDA.
38GOAL!! A great dummy from SON allowed CALLEJÓN to lay a nice ball off to PHILIPPE COUTINHO who rammed the ball into the net. (2-1 Newcastle United)
 
46The Newcastle United 'keeper dived to his left to stop a fierce shot from Arsenal's EL GHAZI.
47GOAL!! An inswinging corner was booted clear only for MERTENS to fire the ball into the net. (3-1 Newcastle United)
48A lovely cross from XABI ALONSO, was lashed goalbound by EL GHAZI only for the Newcastle United 'keeper to block.
54A great save prevented MERTENS from scoring a great goal.
70JUANFRAN's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Arsenal upright.
72PHILIPPE COUTINHO fired the ball through a crowd of players but TRAPP was a match for it as he dived to his right.
74GOAL!! The creative PIQUÉ neatly flicked on a cross for NEYMAR to hammer the ball in. (3-2 Newcastle United)
77A penalty box meleé resulted in PHILIPPE COUTINHO cracking a low shot wide.
79A cross from XABI ALONSO left SRNA in lots of space but he rushed his shot.
85Uncertainty in the Newcastle United defence enabled DIEGO COSTA to hammer an effort over.