Are Arsenal in trouble? The Londoners also lost at home to Newcastle

The drive to the championship is an unexpectedly easy task For Arsenal in the opening match of the round. For that Newcastle-love visited, from which neither Manchester City nor Tottenham took the three points this season. What’s more, the latter group got out in St. James Park.

And the fans of the “gunners” could hold their heads in the 12th minute: the Swedish Alexander Isak arrived, which neither William Saliba nor Gabriel caught, so he headed empty into the goal (1–0).

The 25-year-old goalscorer is in better and better form, this was already his third goal in the last three matches

There were more chances here and there in the rest of the first half. The visitors were dangerous mainly after corners, but either Nick Pope saved or one of the defenders blocked. As the half-time approached, the home team continued to disrupt the game, which apparently did not suit Arsenal.

After the turn, Mikel Artetá’s team continued to be enervated and difficult, with the exception of spot kicks, they did not create a breakthrough. Oleksandr Zincsenko and the 17-year-old Ethan Nwaneri brought in the hoped-for change for the Spanish specialist.

However, the picture of the game still did not change, and there were only 20 minutes left…

In the encore, Declan Rice had a header from close range, but his missed chance perfectly described Arsenal’s match, quite simply the Londoners were inaccurate in the last third. Arsenal lost again away from home (most recently against Bournemouth with Kerkez Milos), so in the afternoon Liverpool and Manchester City can further increase their advantage over the “gunners”. Newcastle is already in the upper house with three points.