As I said yesterday Arsenal won. It wasn't easy but in the end they got the 3 points and moved up to 2nd place. Newcastle United put up quite a fight, until the 83rd minute it looked like they would take points from the match. But the headers from Merino and Gabriel didn't allow that. To become champions, you need to pull off comebacks like this. Arsenal earned an important victory. Liverpool had also won here in the final minutes. Many teams will lose points at this away ground this season.
Indeed your predictions where right, arsenal was considered favorite to win the game but I predicted against them because of the way the league is going now. Mikel arteta proved he is a high profile coach on that game, coming back when all hope was lost to turn the game around at die minute thats truely impressive for both the coach and the team at large. When the line up was introduced I noticed a lot of players have been benched that got me confused without knowing the coach has a better plan that can help win the game, the late introduction of some key players helped in securing the die minute win for arsenal. That strategic plan by the coach was impressive I must say.