There was a mixture of cheering and sighs of relief when Laurent Koscielny stabbed in from a corner against Newcastle, with an Arsenal goal unquestionably coming against the run of play. Despite being overwhelming favourites to get the win over relegation candidates Newcastle, we had been absolutely shocking for much of the game. After an early spell of dominance we totally retreated into ourselves, and our failure to press or move the ball around quick enough meant the Magpies were able to settle on the ball far too easily. We easily could have gone behind a number of times, but Petr Cech managed to keep us in the game. And thankfully so, as just after the 70th minute Koscielny put us...
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