Newcastle 1-2 Arsenal: Gabriel nets last-minute winner amid controversial calls

Gabriel Magalhaes' 96th-minute header guided Arsenal to a 2-1 comeback win at Newcastle United, as they took advantage of Liverpool's first dropped points of the season.

Match Report

Having seen Liverpool's perfect start to their Premier League title defence halted by Saturday's 2-1 defeat at Crystal Palace, Arsenal rallied for a huge win.

It looked as though they would lose 1-0 on Tyneside for the third successive Premier League campaign when Nick Woltemade put Newcastle ahead in the 34th minute.

Woltemade nodded Sandro Tonali's inviting cross into the bottom-left corner, with Gabriel's appeals for a foul by the towering German falling upon deaf ears.

Having made two wonderful saves to deny Eberechi Eze in the first half, Nick Pope made another excellent stop when he turned Jurrien Timber's 59th-minute header around the post.

With Arsenal growing increasingly desperate, Mikel Arteta introduced Mikel Merino and Martin Odegaard for Riccardo Calafiori and Martin Zubimendi, and both substitutes were crucial to their turnaround.

Merino glanced Declan Rice's in-swinging cross against the far post and in with six minutes of the 90 remaining, but Arsenal did not settle for a point.

Deep into stoppage time, Pope was caught in no man's land from Odegaard's corner, with Gabriel steaming in to head home and clinch a huge win for Arteta's men.

They sit second in the table, just two points adrift of leaders Liverpool, while Newcastle are down in 15th with six points from six matches, having only beaten bottom club Wolves.

Data Debrief: Late show for Arsenal as corners come good again

Gabriel's goal was timed at 95 minutes and 45 seconds, making it Arsenal's second-latest winner in an away Premier League game on record (since 2003-04).

Their only later winner on the road came in December 2023, when Rice struck against Luton Town after 96 minutes and 23 seconds.

Arsenal were caught out from a Newcastle corner in the first half, with Woltemade becoming the sixth Newcastle player to score in his first two Premier League home games for the club, after Moussa Sissoko (2013), Papiss Cisse (2012), Carlos Daniel Cordone (2000), Alan Shearer (1996) and Les Ferdinand (1995).

But they made a pair of set-pieces count late on, with Merino's equaliser also coming from a corner after Rice worked a dead ball short to improve the angle.

Arsenal scored their 35th and 36th goals from corners in the Premier League since the start of 2023-24, which is 15 more than any other side in this period (21 for Chelsea and Tottenham).

Match Events

0' The match is about to start!

2' Gyökeres creates himself some space but his header is saved by Nick Pope

5' Eze finds his way to a rebound but the keeper dives and denies him

7' Gyökeres collects a pass and unleashes a shot but it is blocked by defender

17' Gyokeres is brought down in the box but NO PENALTY after a VAR review!

23' Calafiori produces a fine header but it goes narrowly wide

24' Trossard latches onto a pass and smacks a shot against the post

27' Eze shoots towards the middle of the target but the keeper makes a save

27' Match Event for Newcastle vs Arsenal

34' Woltemade jumps highest to send his header into the net! Newcastle 1-0 Arsenal

40' Timber commits a foul as he trips an opponent with a slide tackle

42' Highlight from Newcastle vs Arsenal

47' Saka is brought down by the defender but the ref takes no action

47' Murphy is caught offside before Woltemade produces a shot against the bar

54' Eze receives the ball in space but sends his volley over the bar

57' Joelinton unleashes a great drive but it goes inches wide of the post

60' Timber heads towards the bottom corner but the effort is blocked by Nick Pope

61' Trossard is down in the box but the ref takes no action

66' Calafiori pulls his opponent's jersy but the ref didn't blow his whistle

71' Gyökeres arrives to a rebound and strikes but the effort goes wide

76' A delay in match as Livramento picks up a knock and the physio has to come on

82' Lascelles commits a foul for his bad behaviour

84' GOAL! Merino heads in the Gunners' equaliser! Newcastle 1-1 Arsenal

86' That looked a handball by Gabriel but no penalty after a VAR check!

93' Highlight from Newcastle vs Arsenal

96' GOAL! Newcastle 1-2 Arsenal (Gabriel Magalhães)

Line-ups

Newcastle XI: Burn, Pope, J.Murphy, Joelinton, Guimaraes, Tonali, Gordon, Tino Livramento, Sven Botman, Malick Thiaw, Nick Woltemade

Subs: Trippier, Krafth, Lascelles, Ramsdale, Barnes, Willock, Anthony Elanga, William Osula, Lewis Miley

Arsenal XI: Trossard, David Raya, Rice, Viktor Gyökeres, Gabriel, Eberechi Eze, Martín Zubimendi, Saka, Timber, Calafiori, Cristhian Mosquera

Subs: Christian Nørgaard, Kepa, Ødegaard, Merino, Ben White, Martinelli, Saliba, Lewis-Skelly, Max Dowman