MARTIN SAMUEL: Arsenal's crushing defeat at St James' Park should terrify Mikel Arteta in more ways than one... Newcastle have money and a clear long-term goal, they could raid the Gunners in the same way Man City once did this summer

The capitulation at Tottenham was bad enough, but for Mikel Arteta and Arsenal, what occurred at St James’ Park should be truly terrifying.

It’s happening again. Just as Roman Abramovich’s Chelsea came along, ‘parking his tanks on our lawn and firing £50 notes at us’ as David Dein had it, just as Manchester City committed raid after raid on Arsenal’s talent, might Newcastle be the latest club to test Arsenal’s hunger for the fight?

Chelsea rolled over them, the Jose Mourinho-era teams more determined, more physical and, later, bolstered by one of Arsenal’s outstanding players — Ashley Cole.