Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta oversaw another one-goal game, this one a 1-0 win over Newcastle United to boost his Gunners back atop the Premier League.
He also saw Kai Havertz and Eberechi Eze require substitutions after injury and will know that Newcastle butchered two key chances to score in the Week 34 scrap.
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Eze scored a wonderful goal that stood as the decisive tally, and Arteta will be happy to be back in the win column and three points above Man City.
City again have a match-in-hand.
Arteta celebrated the win with a giant fist pump and yell of “Vamos.”
We’ll share all of Mikel Arteta’s words as soon as he speaks at the Emirates Stadium.
Martin Odegaard reaction to scrap with Newcastle, title race
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**Thoughts on the game?** “It was tough, very intense, very physical especiaslly for me playing 90 again was tough. We did everything good but we got a win and that was the most important thing.”
**Stadium didn’t like the short corners but they paid off:** “The stadium was a bit annoyed that we took it short but it paid off in the end and great finish from \[Eberechi Eze\].”
**Workload going to stay heavy:** “The schedule is crazy but it is what it is. We’re used to it and we have to keep going. It’s the end of the season so leave everything we have out there. We just to have to keep going to the next game, win again, and keep going.”
**First on the table at the moment:** “That’s where we want to be but it’s going to go all the way to the end. We’re ready for it and we’re going to fight every single day.”
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