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On Saturday, the 24th round of matches in the central England "Premier" league took place, in which London's "Arsenal" team defeated "Newcastle United" with a score of 1-0.
Although the victory was achieved by only a minimal difference, the capital team created many more dangerous opportunities near the opponents' goal and dominated the match.
1 - 0 19' [1 - 0] Dennis Bergkamp
The first and only goal of the match was scored in the 19th minute - after a pass from M. Flamini, D. Bergkamp sent the ball into the goal corner. Shortly after, T. Henry almost doubled the score, but his shot was blocked by the goalkeeper, and R. Pires' attempt from afar flew far from the goalpost.
In the second half of the first period, unable to create anything more dangerous, "Newcastle" players began to harshly stop their opponents, and since the referee had difficulty controlling the situation, the match became more and more tense.
After playing for just over an hour, luck ran out for the hosts - after a brilliant pass from P. Vieira, T. Henry went one on one, but his attempt bounced off the goalpost straight into goalkeeper S. Given's hands.
It became increasingly difficult for the visitors to defend, and "Arsenal" created chances one after another: first, K. Toure narrowly missed after a corner, then S. Given defended well a shot from R. Pires from five meters, and later in the attack, T. Henry found himself in the penalty area again, but this time the goalkeeper grabbed his leg, though the referee did not dare to award a penalty kick.
The London team continued to unsettle the "Newcastle" goalkeeper, who kept saving his team and gave them a chance to equalize the score. L. Bowyer had such an opportunity after a pass from S. Ameobi, but he shot straight at the opponent's goalkeeper A. Cole.
After this victory, the London club regained the second place in the standings, pushing aside, for just one day, the "Man Utd" team that was in it after yesterday's matches, with whom "Arsenal" will have to face next time. Now the "gunners" are "only" ten points behind the leader "Chelsea" again.
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