Both set of players are ready to start here. There’s just one problem… referee Chris Foy is nowhere to be seen.
29 Dec 2012
5:32PM
And off we go. It takes 48 second for Arsenal to muster up their first chance. Jack Wilshere breaks through the middle and plays in Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. The winger takes the shot on early but pulls it a couple of yards wide of the far post.
29 Dec 2012
5:43PM
Santi Cazorla picks a ball out of the sky and launches a beautiful pass for Theo Walcott to take Danny Simpson on in a race. Tim Krul is out off his line in a flash, however, and makes an important clearance.
29 Dec 2012
5:47PM
Sylvain Marveaux and Danny Simpson carve open a half chance and win the visitors a corner. From the set-piece, Demba Ba makes contact with his head but doesn’t test Wojciech Szczesny.
29 Dec 2012
5:50PM
GOAL! Arsenal 1-0 Newcastle (Theo Walcott)
Sitting on the shoulder of the last man, Walcott latches onto a ball from Lukas Podolski and sets himself up with two touches before stroking into the corner with striker’s precision.
Cheick Tiote fires in a through-ball after patient build-up play but it’s zips past Ba, who had made a run.
29 Dec 2012
6:07PM
Podolski again the supplier for Walcott but this time Krul makes a block with his leg when the England international looked odds-on to score.
29 Dec 2012
6:11PM
Tiote, whose only Premier League goal came against the Gunners, blasts a shot towards Szczesny, who saves. Arsenal then counter through Walcott but he opts to pass instead of taking on Simpson and it’s intercepted.
29 Dec 2012
6:14PM
Arsenal 1-1 Newcastle (Demba Ba)
Obertan is brought down 20 yards out and Ba steps up for the free-kick. His shot catches the head of Wilshere and wrong-foots Szczesny. The Emirates is silent as the striker celebrates.
Kieran Gibbs gets into a great position but, maybe a little greedily, chooses to shoot with a couple of team-mates waiting inside.
29 Dec 2012
6:37PM
GOAL! Arsenal 2-1 Newcastle (Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain)
The home side retake the lead and it’s another Gunner who played under Alan Pardew during his time at Southampton who finds the beck of the net. Newcastle lose out on a throw in their own half, Cazorla gains possession and tees up Oxlade-Chamberlain, who shoots low past Krul.
29 Dec 2012
6:44PM
Thomas Vermaelen makes a well-timed challenge to halt Ba and Arsenal are away once again. Walcott has options but goes it alone and is well-wide with the strike.
29 Dec 2012
6:47PM
GOAL! Arsenal 2-2 Newcastle (Sylvain Marveaux)
Obertan runs at Sagna, gets to the endline and puts the ball into a dangerous area. Laurent Koscielny can only get a toe to it and Frenchman Marveaux has the easiest of tasks to tap in at the back post.
Wilshere wins possession, exchanges a one-two and floats a cross in. Fabricio Coloccini can do very little with his header and Podolski follows in to score from two yards out. Advantage Arsenal again.
29 Dec 2012
6:56PM
GOAL! Arsenal 3-3 Newcastle (Demba Ba)
This. Is. Incredible. Kieran Gibbs is caught napping and allows Ba to sneak in and finish from an exquisite cross by Marveaux with the outside of his boot.
29 Dec 2012
7:00PM
GOAL! Arsenal 4-3 Newcastle (Theo Walcott)
No words. Gibbs makes amends with a fine run. The defender finds Walcott and he doubles his tally with an emphatic finish while a couple of Newcastle players stand ball-watching outside the box.
29 Dec 2012
7:02PM
Olivier Giroud is on for Oxlade-Chamberlain and he’ll fancy his chances of getting on the scoresheet with 15 minutes of this chaotic game to play.
29 Dec 2012
7:10PM
Changes on each side: Gael Bigirimana leaves to be replaced by Shola Ameobi, Shane Ferguson in, Danny Simpson off, and Lukas Podolski is off for Aaron Ramsey.
Walcott is then yards away from a hat-trick.
29 Dec 2012
7:12PM
GOAL! Arsenal 5-3 Newcastle (Olivier Giroud)
The Frenchman, only on, heads in a cracking cross from Walcott and that looks to be the points going Arsenal’s way.
29 Dec 2012
7:14PM
GOAL! Arsenal 6-3 Newcastle (Olivier Giroud)
A second for the substitute. He picks up after Walcott’s run and drills past Krul.
29 Dec 2012
7:18PM
GOAL! Arsenal 7-3 Newcastle (Theo Walcott)
That is special. Walcott gets a shot free-kick back goes by two players before being brought down for what is a certain penalty. Instead, he picks himself up and dinks the ball over Krul from a couple of yards out.
Come on the ‘wee club’ from the real north of England, and show the ‘cock of the midlands’ how it’s done,
And I don’t see Pardew and his staff constantly complaining to the officials as claimed by Sir Bollix,
Poor defending by both sides today…if Newcastle were more clinical this could of been a much bigger score line. That aside another 3 points for the Arsenal and a fourth win on the trot. Theo to sign a new deal and some new faces in January and it could be a good 2013 COYG!
Yeah a wee club that packs about 50k people into their stadium most weekends…with real supporters that actually come from Tyneside. Fergie the bluenose is a great wind up merchant though.
Walcott is not an out and out striker but he is a nightmare for defenders with his pace. Arsenals attempts at defending were embarrassing but that’s 4 wins on the trot now.COYG .
If arsenal let Walcott go this summer the club will be branded a farce. The need to change this stupid wage cap policy in order to compete with the real big clubs.
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That finish reminded me of Thierry henry
Come on the toon
Come on the ‘wee club’ from the real north of England, and show the ‘cock of the midlands’ how it’s done,
And I don’t see Pardew and his staff constantly complaining to the officials as claimed by Sir Bollix,
Are you kidding he is at it every game
That 7th goal was fantastic
Best ive ever seen Walcott play. Imense. 25+goals this season no probs
Will he ever sign da ting?
Course he will. Arsenal is where his hearts at.
Poor defending by both sides today…if Newcastle were more clinical this could of been a much bigger score line. That aside another 3 points for the Arsenal and a fourth win on the trot. Theo to sign a new deal and some new faces in January and it could be a good 2013 COYG!
Fergie was right to call Newcastle a wee club. ahahahaha
Yeah a wee club that packs about 50k people into their stadium most weekends…with real supporters that actually come from Tyneside. Fergie the bluenose is a great wind up merchant though.
That horrible man is never right!
Walcott is not an out and out striker but he is a nightmare for defenders with his pace. Arsenals attempts at defending were embarrassing but that’s 4 wins on the trot now.COYG .
Think Pardew should practice defending and stop fantasizing about beating the big four on their own turf.
If arsenal let Walcott go this summer the club will be branded a farce. The need to change this stupid wage cap policy in order to compete with the real big clubs.