Arsenal were a bit unlucky in this match. It goes without saying that Arsenal's performance was poor. Arsenal players try to score. But the performance of Newcastle's defenders was outstanding. They successfully countered every attack from Arsenal's players. And Arsenal were able to launch several powerful and planned attacks. And in the 68th minute, Winger Gordon's goal gave Newcastle the lead. As Arsenal are playing for the title, they should perform more cautiously. If you lose points like this and if there is no consistency in performance, Arsenal will not be able to win the championship.
Eddie Howe defeated Mikel Arteta with solid game style and he's has been successful this season mostly against elite teams. Newcastle handled Arsenal first defeat of the EPL season. Losing is part of the game but it was too soon for Arsenal to against Newcastle unplanned. That was absolutely not the results they wanted but they got good chances of equalizing the game but couldn't invade the formidable defendlines of the hometeam. Newcastle United was prepared for Arsenal at St James Park. The Magpies tackled and sealed every area on the pitch without giving breathing space for the visitors.Arteta will definitely feel regret because of losing this game. However, the performance of Arsenal was not bad at all and they could even win this match but Newcastle better than Arteta and his players.
Maybe that's enough to say Newcastle usually has unstable performance.
But still, I think Arsenal had more shots and more opportunities in this match.
However,I knew Arsenal could not win Newcastle without Gabriel Jesus and Partey because they are the only players in the Arsenal team that have that phicallity to match Newcastle's aggressiveness.It was a massive point lost,but they will try again to return to winning ways.