Gabriel lifts Arsenal past Newcastle
Gabriel Magalhaes' 96th-minute header guided Arsenal to a 2-1 comeback win at Newcastle United, as the Gunners took advantage of Liverpool's first dropped points of the season.
Having seen Liverpool's perfect start to its Premier League title defence halted by a 2-1 defeat at Crystal Palace, Arsenal rallied for a huge win.
It looked as though it would lose 1-0 on Tyneside for the third successive Premier League campaign when Nick Woltemade put Newcastle ahead in the 34th minute.
Woltemade nodded Sandro Tonali's inviting cross into the bottom-left corner, with Gabriel's appeals for a foul by the towering German falling upon deaf ears.
Having made two wonderful saves to deny Eberechi Eze in the first half, Nick Pope made another excellent stop when he turned Jurrien Timber's 59th-minute header around the post.
With Arsenal growing increasingly desperate, Mikel Arteta introduced Mikel Merino and Martin Odegaard for Riccardo Calafiori and Martin Zubimendi, and both substitutes were crucial to the Gunners' turnaround.
Merino glanced Declan Rice's in-swinging cross against the far post and in with six minutes of the 90 remaining, but Arsenal did not settle for a point.
Deep into stoppage time, Pope was caught in no man's land from Odegaard's corner, with Gabriel steaming in to head home and clinch a huge win for Arteta's men.
It sits second in the table, just two points adrift of league-leader Liverpool, while Newcastle is in 15th with six points from six matches, having only beaten bottom club Wolves.
