Good evening and welcome to Sports Mole's live commentary of tonight's Premier League encounter between Arsenal and Newcastle United.
The clash is crucial in terms of Champions League football， with Arsenal needing the three points to strengthen their grip on fourth while Newcastle will feel they need the win to keep their hopes of finishing the top four alive.
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FULL TIME: Arsenal do it again to record their fifth straight league win!
Howard Webb brings the game to an end. Arsenal have become the first Premier League club to come back from a goal behind and win on four straight occasions. They move three points clear of Chelsea in fourth. Thanks for joining Sports Mole for this fixture. Good night!
90+7 min: After the goal Van Persie came to blows with Krul. The two have been at loggerheads all night and it seems to have boiled over. Both men receive a booking from Webb.
90+5 min: GOAL! Vermaelen surely wins it for the Gunners!
They've done it again! Walcott crosses from the right and the brilliant Williamson prevents Van Persie from getting to the ball but it falls to Vermaelen who slides in and finishes! Amazing end to a pretty average second half.
90+1 min: Walcott with a great chance in the area but it's blocked. The England winger was vehemently appealing for handball but replays show Coloccini did little wrong. Can Wenger's men find a winner? Newcastle will definitely take a point if they can hold out.
90 min: Best chance for a long time as Song stands up the ball for Vermaelen at the back post. The Belgian's header is strong but Krul's save is just as good. Five minutes of added time indicated.
85 min: Gutierrez gets a booking for bringing down Sagna as the French full-back looked to rampage down the right. Not long left for a third goal and it's obviously Arsenal who are looking the more likely.
83 min: Ben Arfa, a little naively, brings down Van Persie right in the corner and Arteta's cross somehow goes all the way across the six-yard box before finding Gervinho who drags wide from close range. The substitute really should have put the home side ahead there.
81 min: Pardew makes his final change and Tiote, who seems a little injured, is replaced by Danny Guthrie. Ten minutes for either side to find a winner.
79 min: Uh oh. That's two real sitters Van Persie has missed tonight. Simpson sloppily gives the ball away to Gibbs and his deflected cross finds Van Persie but he swipes his right-foot effort wide. You'd expect Arsenal's top scorer to do a lot, lot better.
77 min: Koscielny is booked after cynically bringing down Ba as the forward looked to break clear.
76 min: The Gunners make their second change by bringing off the again impressive Rosicky and bring on Aaron Ramsey, who is returning to the side after almost a month out. Can the Welshman make a difference in these final 15?
70 min: Song clips over the top for Van Persie but, for once, the Dutchman's touch lets him down and the ball goes out of play.
68 min: Wenger makes his first change as Gervinho replaces Oxlade-Chamberlain, who, in all truth, has had one of his least effective games in a red shirt.
67 min: Big, big chance for Rosicky. The Czech midfielder played in Walcott who cut inside and fed Rosicky seven yards out but he sliced wide. Walcott's pass wasn't ideal, mind.
63 min: One foul too many for Tiote, who brings down Rosicky once again to earn the first booking of the game.
63 min: Vermaelen, who is so often blighted with injury problems, seems to be struggling.
61 min: Pardew makes his second substitution and brings on Shola Ameobi to replace the disappointing Obertan. Ba should have a bit more support up top now.
60 min: Oxlade-Chamberlain beats Simpson then holds off Tiote in the area but the young Englishman doesn't get his head up and slices wide.
58 min: Superb playmaking from Rosicky, who gets away from Cabaye and reverse a ball to Van Persie who has a go from a tight angle but can't beat compatriot Krul. The Arsenal skipper perhaps should have squared there.
55 min: Arteta whips over a vicious centre which Van Persie reaches with his right foot. His volley is again straight at Krul though. Seconds later, Walcott collects the ball with space outside the area but his cross-cum-shot is dreadful.
51 min: Oxlade-Chamberlain has hit first effort of the night - and what a hit - with a high volley which flies over.
49 min: Walcott fizzes a low cross onto the head of Rosicky, whose header is powerful but straight at Krul who parries up and collects.
46 min: Obertan breaks down the left but he can't doesn't look for Ba in the middle and his pass to Ben Arfa on the edge is wayward. Poor from the Frenchman.
45 min: Alan Pardew removes Santon, who was struggling against the pace of Walcott, and replaces the Italian with James Perch.
HALF TIME: Arsenal 1-1 Newcastle
Howard Webb calls an end to the opening period which, to be honest, fizzled out after that electric minute when both goals were scored. Let's hope both managers gee up their players in the dressing room. Read our report of the first 45 here.
43 min: Oxlade-Chamberlain shows his quick feet and pace for the first time and earns a corner. This time a chance does result as the ball ricochets to Walcott, whose shot is relatively weak but still needs to be cleared off the line!
41 min: Cabaye floats in a free kick and the ball drops to Gutierrez but his volley is deflected out for a corner. Again, nothing of note happens from the set piece. Looks like we'll go in level at the break.
36 min: Ba's studs collide with Koscielny and the French defender goes down but referee Webb sees no problem. Newcastle break away but they sportingly put the ball out so Koscielny can receive treatment.
33 min: Rosicky really has suddenly improved in the last few games. He's regularly bursting through the Newcastle midfield but can't find that killer pass to one of the front three.
30 min: Santon goes free down the inside left and feeds Ba, who shoots at Szczesny but the Senegalese forward was offside.
27 min: The home side have taken control of this game and always look to Sagna for the out ball. His crosses can't find a red shirt though.
22 min: Arsenal have a free kick on the edge, right of centre, perfect for Van Persie. He strikes it well but it's straight at Krul, who collects at the second attempt.
20 min: Almost all of Arsenal's play is coming down the right at the moment. Oxlade-Chamberlain's barely had a look in this game.
15 min: GOAL! Van Persie equalises straight away!
He may have missed a couple of early chances but Van Persie draws the Gunners level straight away! Walcott crosses from the right and the Dutchman's first touch is exquisite and takes him past Williamson before he fires low past Krul. Goal number 33 for the season.
14 min: GOAL! The impressive Ben Arfa puts the Magpies one up!
The visitors go ahead through Ben Arfa, who cuts in from the right and fizzes a shot past Szczesny at the near post.
13 min: Sagna's through ball finds Walcott but his cross is blocked by Coloccini.
11 min: Ben Arfa is finding pockets of space in front of the Gunners' back line but the visitors can't find a way to get a decent shot away. Game very even at the moment.
7 min: Newcastle enjoy their first spell of prolonged possession before play is stopped after Song goes down injured following a nasty studs-up challenge from Tiote. The Cameroonian seems fine though.
5 min: Again close for RVP but he fails to closely control a ball on his chest and the Magpies' defence scrambles clear.
3 min: Big chance for Van Persie. Walcott breaks clear down the right after Sagna's header and the England winger's cross is perfect for the Dutchman but he fails to make contact from six yards out.
2 min: First sight of goal and it's for Newcastle. Ben Arfa lays in Ba but his shot is blocked with the resulting corner coming to nothing.
0 min: Visiting Newcastle get us underway at the Emirates. Howard Webb is officiating tonight.
