Arsenal vs Newcastle LIVE: Premier League result, latest updates and reaction

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·18 mai 2025

Arsenal vs Newcastle LIVE: Premier League result, latest updates and reaction

Gunners second-best in opening 45 minutes but get job done

Winning moment: Declan Rice earned Arsenal all three points

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Arsenal vs Newcastle - LIVE!

Arsenal sealed Champions League qualification as Declan Rice’s brilliant finish earned them a 1-0 win over Newcastle. The victory also effectively wrapped up second place in the Premier League for a third consecutive season, and ended a five-match winless run.

The Magpies, who went into the match with three wins over Arsenal this season to their name, were the better side in the first-half, with David Raya forced into five saves before the break. Mikel Arteta’s side though, were improved after half-time and took the lead ten minutes after the restart, when Rice fired in a superb first-time effort into the bottom corner from 20 yards out.

The Arsenal boss was booked late on for kicking a ball back onto the pitch and that means he will serve a touchline ban on the final day of the season, but there is now effectively nothing riding on that trip to Southampton for the Gunners.