Newcastle United suffered a narrow 1-0 loss at the hands of Arsenal in their Premier League season opener at Saint James’ Park on Sunday, and manager Steve Bruce would have been left to rue his side’s inability to get a result against the Gunners.
The visitors weren’t particularly on top of their game, but the Magpies failed to create clear-cut goalscoring chances either.
Summer signing Allan Saint-Maximin was the standout player for Newcastle, with the Arsenal defence often finding it hard to contain his pace.
Joelinton hardly got the balls in the dangerous areas and he often had to drop deep to link up with others.