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00:00Arsenal 1, Newcastle United 0 here at the Emirates Stadium this afternoon.

00:05A tough one to take for Newcastle United, that one who will feel they were the better team for large spells of that game.

00:12Newcastle United bossed that first half, lots of chances.

00:16David Rhea, the Arsenal goalkeepers, ended up making five scenes inside the opening 20 minutes.

00:21So Newcastle had lots of chances, but it was just a lapse of concentration, a slow start to the second half.

00:28I'd say out of all that game, Newcastle only played bad and really in 10 minutes.

00:33And yeah, it was that 10 minutes about the start of the second half.

00:35Arsenal took the lead, fantastic strike from Declan Rice, take nothing away from that.

00:39But Anthony Gordon, give them the ball away and the build-up to the goal.

00:43So very fine margins here at the Emirates, but Newcastle find themselves on the losing side.

00:48But they can take confidence from that performance.

00:51They were out Alexander Isaac this afternoon, so Callum Wilson led the line.

00:55Callum Wilson, good in the first half an hour, but really faded off that with a suede that game on midway through the second half.

01:01But news on Alexander Isaac felt pain in his cough after training has gone for a scan as a precaution.

01:08And he was unsure if he will be back in time for Everton next week.

01:14Alexander Isaac has been nursing a groin problem for the majority of the season, really.

01:19Obviously missed the Liverpool game in February, has played every game since then, but has been nursing that and just couldn't quite play today.

01:26But will be assessed ahead of next week.

01:27And they need him because Newcastle's right, OK, it's not a big margin or a big group of games to judge.

01:33But four games a season, only one goal scored, no wins.

01:37And that goal score was for Anthony Gordon's opponent against Manchester City.

01:39So they could really do, with their top goal scorer, back 27 goals he scored this season, so they could really do him back against Everton.

01:45They get themselves over the line because, look, they've lost yet a day, but the job very much remains the same.

01:51And they know what they'll have to do.

01:52They beat Everton, it's changed in as part next week.

01:54They'll return to the Champions League, qualify for the Champions League for the second time in three seasons.

01:58So it's still in their own hands.

02:01Win today, they would have gone up to second.

02:02But I think talk like that would have been brilliant for Newcastle to go and do that.

02:05But the only thing that matters is that they go and finish in those top five places and they've got a job to do next week.

02:13Yeah, injuries have started to hit Newcastle at sort of the wrong time.

02:16But Everton at home, tough.

02:20It's not an easy game.

02:21It's the type of game that Newcastle can't struggle in.

02:24Teams like Everton can't frustrate Newcastle.

02:27But the incentive is so big.

02:29And, yeah, they go there and they go back to St. James' Park next week.

02:33Atmosphere, I'd expect, would be bouncing and hopefully Newcastle can get over the line.

02:38But it would have been nice if they could have done it a day, moved up to second, had that to play for.

02:42But they couldn't do that.

02:43Tough place to come this evening at the best of times.

02:46So the job remains at hand, beat Everton, and they're in the Champions League.