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Arsenal Vs Newcastle United: 5 things we learned – Reaching the cliff

By Andrew Dowdeswell

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, ENGLAND - APRIL 15: Matt Ritchie of Newcastle United scores his sides second goal past Petr Cech of Arsenal while being challenged by Rob Holding of Arsenal during the Premier League match between Newcastle United and Arsenal at St. James Park on April 15, 2018 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, ENGLAND - APRIL 15: Matt Ritchie of Newcastle United scores his sides second goal past Petr Cech of Arsenal while being challenged by Rob Holding of Arsenal during the Premier League match between Newcastle United and Arsenal at St. James Park on April 15, 2018 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images) /
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NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, ENGLAND – APRIL 15: Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger looks on during the Premier League match between Newcastle United and Arsenal at St. James Park on April 15, 2018 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, ENGLAND – APRIL 15: Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger looks on during the Premier League match between Newcastle United and Arsenal at St. James Park on April 15, 2018 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images) /

1. Away ineptitude continues

As stated previously, Arsenal have played five away games in the Premier League in 2018. Of those five games, they have lost five. They have led three of those five games, including this loss to Newcastle, and only one of the five teams would be considered a top-tier opponent, Tottenham Hotspur.

To put that utter incompetency into context, there is no other team in English football that has failed to pick up a point away from home in 2018. Furthermore, Arsenal have not lost five successive away games since 1984, and this is now their worst away record for a full season in Arsene Wenger’s tenure.

I do not know why this team is so appalling away from home. There will be a mire of issues, stemming from Wenger all the way through to the players and everything in between. But what I do not know is that Arsenal cannot claim to even be a top-four contender with such a disastrous record away from north London.

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In the Premier League, consistency is king. Arsenal are only consistent in half of their games. That is no way to go about sustaining a successful campaign, no matter what the PR drivel may say.