Arsenal up a second half gear to beat Newcastle

Let’s start off today with a good ol’ fashioned footballing cliche, eh? How about the one about football being a ‘game of two halves? Because that’s certainly what was served up by our boys in red and white yesterday and thankfully the latter was better than the former for us fans, resulting in three points, three goals, as well as a nice clean sheet to go with it as well. Sky even said that this was the fifth game in a row in which we’d kept a clean sheet which, if I am right, is the first time that has happened since 2009 I think. Now that’s a stat that both surprises and delights in equal measure. And after another win yesterday against a clearly struggling Newcastle United team, it was good to see that we weren’t in the ‘giving’ mood ...