Arsenal 1-0 Newcastle - 3 takeaways as Gunners secure top five finish

Declan Rice scored Arsenal's lone goal in a 1-0 win over Newcastle.
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2. Raya the hero...and villain

Arsenal's 'keeper almost gifted Newcastle the lead early on inside the opening ten minutes with a poor clearance, and had that gone in, it would have been a big mountain to climb for the north London side.

But, he quickly turned hero with a string of sublime saves to keep the score 0-0 when on another day, the Magpies would have been 3-0 up in the first half and walking to a win.

Raya made mistakes, but he made up for them, however these mistakes are now becoming frequent.

Please, fix that Mr. Raya.

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