Mesut Özil’s moment of brilliance carries lethargic Arsenal past Newcastle

Theoretically, fans of a team who win games of football should be happy at the end of them. But at the close of Arsenal’s 1-0 win over Newcastle, the most positive emotion you could sense around the Emirates was relief.

Many of those present had shuffled out to do something rather better with their Saturday evening before the end: after the final whistle the PA announcer’s suggestion that the highlights of the game would be available on the big screen wasn’t met with any great enthusiasm.

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