Newcastle 0-0 Arsenal | Toothless Arsenal need to buy

Let’s get the main talking point out of the way so we can deal with the most worrying outcome of the match – namely, Arsenal’s continued inability to break down a half-decent defence without Fabregas or Nasri.

Up until the 76th minute of a dull match, Gervinho had been the game’s most exciting player. He often used his skill and pace to work himself into promising positions, but wasted them all with a poor final ball thanks to a lack of composure. Then he cut inside Tiote in the box, hoping for a penalty, and when he felt contact he went down. Is that a dive? I don’t think so – if you trick your opponent into a lunge and are touched, you are entitled to go down in my opinion. Replays clearly showed Tiote caught him so it should’ve been a penalty. I don’t need to describe what . . . continue reading this article.

Originally written by Gooner Steve at Ooh to be a Gooner