4-1! Havertz scored 2 goals, Arsenal beat Newcastle at home, and clenched Manchester City Liverpool

Entering 2024, Arsenal's form was originally quite hot, they won five consecutive Premier League games, and humiliated their opponents by consecutive big scores, and returned to the track of title contention. However, in the Champions League 1/8 finals in midweek, the momentum of the Gunners suffered a 2-0 defeat to Porto away, leaving Arsenal in the throat. After a few days of adjustment, Arsenal ushered in the 26th round of the Premier League, sitting at home against Newcastle, when the two sides met in the first leg, Arsenal lost because of the controversial decision, and whether revenge became the focus of fans' attention. After the start of the game, Arsenal surrounded Newcastle and stormed, Havertz played a good pass, Saka and Kiwior each made a goal, and Botman made an own goal, Arsenal bloodied the Magpies 4-1.

With Liverpool and Manchester City both playing in favour, Arsenal had to win to stay competitive, with Mikel Arteta in a 4-3-3 formation, goalkeeper still the controversial Raya, Ben White, Saliba, Gabriel and Kiwior at the back, Odegaard, Rice and Jorginho in midfield, Kai Havertz was pushed up front and joined by Bukayo Saka and Martinelli in the trident.

After the start of the game, Arsenal playing at home was full of momentum. In the 17th minute, Saka crossed from a corner, Gabriel shook his head to attack the goal, Karius made a save, but Botman cleared the ball and kicked it empty, Livramento touched the ball into his own door, Arsenal smiled at the own goal, 1-0!

With a goal in hand, Arsenal kept up the good work. In the 23rd minute, Jorginho sent a long pass over the top, Martinelli cut it in from behind, and Havertz flanked it into the net in the middle. In just six minutes, Arsenal won two games in a row to establish a 2-0 advantage.

In the 38th minute, Arsenal made a fuss on the left, Martinelli crossed from the bottom, Saka responded at the back point, and the continuous change of direction in a small area was quite exciting, and the ball went straight to the upper right corner, and Karius flew to save the ball. In the first 45 minutes, Arsenal had as many as 11 shots on goal, six of which were on target, and Newcastle were lucky to be just two goals behind.

Yibian fought again, and the initiative was still at the feet of Arsenal. In the 46th minute, Bukayo Saka pushed forward to get rid of the instigated attack, Martinelli followed up and sent a scalpel through, Havertz stepped forward to form a single knife, and faced Karius with a low shot into the near corner, which was actually grazed by the post.

It was only in the 60th minute that Newcastle organised a decent attack, Isak cut inside from the left side of the penalty area, but unfortunately couldn't hit the goal. In the 64th minute, Havertz broke the ball in front, and then sent a diagonal stopper, Saka singled out Livramento on the right side, continuously changed direction and flashed out of the angle, cut inside and shot into the net, 3-0!

Five minutes later, Rice's cross from a corner was met by Kiwior, Lewis Milley cleared the ball and Karius made a save to send the ball into his own net to give Arsenal a 4-0 lead. Arsenal made history by becoming the first team in the Premier League to score at least two goals in seven consecutive halves.

In the 84th minute, Dan Byrne broke down the left and crossed from the left, Willock headed the ball away, Raya couldn't reach it, and Newcastle scored a face-saving goal. Newcastle broke the embarrassment of failing to score at the Emirates Stadium for 10 years, and the score came to 1-4!

However, this did not prevent Arsenal from winning 4-1, avenging a 1-0 defeat in the first leg and rebounding strongly from the Champions League defeat in midweek.

After this campaign, Arsenal is still in third place, one point away from Manchester City and two points from Liverpool, and is still in the title race.