Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta admitted that Newcastle United were deserving winners after losing 1-0 at St James Park on Saturday.
Alexander Isak scored the only goal of the game just 12 minutes after kick off, rising in the air to meet Anthony Gordon’s perfect cross and head the ball past David Raya.
The Gunners have now lost successive away matches in the Premier League for the first time since May 2022 and could slip to seventh in the table by the end of the weekend.
“We deserved to lose today,” Arteta told Premier League Productions. “I thought we started really well and were really dominant. We didn’t defend the box well enough. Credit to them. They scored a great goal with a good ball.
