Newcastle 2-0 Arsenal: Premier League – live reaction!

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Minute-by-minute report: Arsenal need a win to climb back above Spurs and reclaim fourth place going into the final day. Join Michael Butler for updates.

So difficult to find the right words after the game. We didn’t deserve to be on the pitch today. I can’t explain to you why we didn’t do the gameplan. Not listening to the coach. It was a disaster of a performance. We don’t deserve to play Champions League. You can be 35, you can be 30, you can be 10, you can be 18. If you don’t have the balls to play, stay at home, stay on the bench. We are very sorry to the supporters.

It was a difficult night to swallow. Newcastle deserved to win the mach comfortably. We had nothing in the game. They were much better in the duels, the second balls. A lot of things happens with injuries but that’s not an excuse.

We could not cope with the game we had to play here. I was worried. We tried to change some things, but it didn’t make it better. The execution were so poor. The goals we gave away were so poor.

Newcastle were 10 times better than us. That was not a performance that belonged in the Champions League. There are a lot of question marks over a number of positions. We weren’t good enough.

There’s always a chance in football. Norwich have to beat Spurs. We have to be there in case the chance appears.

Certainly some sobering words from Arteta, in stark contrast to his post-match interview after the loss at Spurs. In the last 11 Arsenal games, there have been six defeats.

“When you are the manager and you need to lift the mood, all you do is please a minority who is obsessed with conspiracy,” emails Yash Gupta. “Arsenal lost this game after the interview Arteta did at Spurs.”

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