A four-goal swing is what the difference is between the Newcastle side who beat the Gunners by two goals in May of 2022 and the Arsenal squad that Mikel Arteta masterminded a victory by the same scoreline at St James’ Park just under a year later. The win secured Arsenal’s top-two status, kept them in the hunt for the title and turned up the pressure on Manchester City.
Arteta faced incredible pressure after his side missed out on Champions League qualification following the defeat at Newcastle last season. The negative energy from that he has channelled into an almighty response this season with the current Premier League title race that Arsenal have continued to push for.
The game on Tyneside provides a great insight into the changes that Arteta has made to personnel, attitude and fortune in the contextually small gap between the two games. football.london takes a look at what the three main changes were that aided in the Gunners' avenging of last year’s defeat.
