Newcastle vs Arsenal LIVE: REACTION as Granit Xhaka admits flops ‘didn’t deserve to be on the pitch’ as Tottenham handed huge Champions League boost – Arteta says ‘Newcastle were 100 times better than us’

Arsenal handed the initiative back to Tottenham in the race for fourth as they suffered a damaging 2-0 defeat at Newcastle.

The nervous Gunners struggled to get a foothold at a raucous St James’ Park with Ben White’s own goal and Bruno Guimaraes’ late strike sealing the result.

• Newcastle XI: Dubravka, Krafth, Burn, Schar, Targett, Longstaff, Guimaraes, Joelinton, Almiron, Wilson, Saint-Maximin
• Subs: Darlow, Dummett, Lascelles, Ritchie, Gayle, Trippier, Fernandez, Fraser, Murphy
• Arsenal XI: Ramsdale, Tavares, White, Gabriel, Tomiyasu, Odegaard, Elneny, Xhaka, Saka, Nketiah, Smith Rowe
• Subs: Leno, Lacazette, Pepe, Sambi Lokonga, Swanson, Patino, Cedric, Martinelli, Salah-Eddine
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