WELL, WELL, WELL, THE ARSENAL SQUAD SEEMINGLY FORGOT TO PUT ON THEIR “SHOOTING BOOTS” LAST NIGHT, AGAINST AN EXTREMELY ENERGETIC (AND WELL ORGANISED) NEWCASTLE SQUAD, WHO GOT THE BALL ROLLING EARLY DOORS, WITH A SUPERB GOAL FROM ALEXANDR ISAK (ONLY TO BE RULED OUT FOR OFFSIDE BY VAR), BUT WITH THE BIT-BETWEEN-THEIR-TEETH, THEY POWERED ON, WITH A STUPENDOUS GOAL BY JACOB MURPHY FOLLOWING ON SHORTLY AFTERWARDS AT 19 MINS. (WHICH WAS SET UP BY ISAK.) IT WAS ALL-ACTION THROUGHOUT, WITH ARSENAL HAVING 11 SHOTS, WITH 3 ON TARGET, BUT NOTHING HITTING THE-BACK-OF-THE-NET, (AND, INTERESTINGLY, 69% POSSESSION), AND NEWCASTLE HAVING 10 SHOTS, WITH 3 ON TARGET, INCLUDING ANOTHER STUNNER FROM ANTHONY GORDON AT 52 MINS., MEANING THAT THE GAME ENDED IN A 2 – 0 WIN TO NEWCASTLE (4 – 0 ON AGGREGATE), WITH NEWCASTLE MOVING EVER CLOSER TO ENDING A 56-YEAR GAP IN WINNING ANY SILVERWARE. THEY NOW SECURE A PLACE IN THE CARABAO CUP FINAL WITH THIS 2 – 0 VICTORY AND WILL PLAY EITHER TOTTENHAM OR LIVERPOOL, DEPENDING ON THE RESULT OF TONIGHT’S EXCITING ACTION! MAN OF THE MATCH WAS A DESERVED ALEXANDR ISAK, WHO WAS LITERALLY ALL OVER THE PLACE, (AND TOOK IT ON THE CHIN LIKE A PROFESSIONAL WHEN HIS GOAL WAS RULED OUT, IT HAS TO BE SAID!)
CARABAO CUP SEMI-FINAL : NEWCASTLE UNITED VS ARSENAL 05/02/2025
BRUNO GUIMARAES AND EDDIE HOWE HAVE WHOLESOME MOMENT AFTER THE MATCH
WORDS BY AMANDA WATERS
