Arsenal showed their mettle and came through a devilishly difficult fixture at Newcastle to keep the title race alive with a 2-0 win at St James’ Park
 In a compelling encounter played in a ferocious atmosphere, Arsenal stood firm and stuck to their principles with Martin Odegaard firing them in front from 30 yards on 14 minutes before a Fabian Schar own-goal wrapped it up in the second half
Newcastle had won eight of their last nine games and suffered defeat just twice in their last 24 Premier League home games but could not find a route to goal despite Jacob Murphy and Alexander Isak both striking the woodwork
It leaves the Gunners a point behind Pep Guardiola's side, who still have a game in hand
 It might prove a chase in vein but Arsenal are staying hot on Manchester City's heels as this fascinating title race rolls on
For the Magpies, who saw an early penalty decision in their favour overturned, the result does leave them with work still to do to claim a top-four finish
Arsenal's season came crashing down on Tyneside last year when a 2-0 defeat meant a top-four finish was out of their hands going into the final weekend - but this is a more resilient and battle-hardened group now
Mikel Arteta admitted that defeat was part of the motivation ahead of this clash: "My players had revenge in their minds after last year," he said
That said, Newcastle started very brightly
 Murphy was unfortunate to see a second-minute shot come back off the foot of a post and Arsenal were rocking and looked to be in trouble when referee Chris Kavanagh pointed to the spot after defender Jakub Kiwior appeared to block Bruno Guimaraes' shot with his hand
Arsenal were given a reprieve, though, as the official changed his mind after being advised to review the incident which showed the ball deflected off the defender's knee
Newcastle fans were still venting at the referee when Odegaard was given time and space on the edge of the box to fire a left-foot drive past the helpless Pope to give the visitors the lead against the run of play
That moment of brilliance settled the away side into their stride as they took control of the game
Pope had to save from Gabriel Martinelli and Odegaard in quick succession and then denied Bukayo Saka one-on-one after he had been played in by Granit Xhaka
Aaron Ramsdale was called into serious action within four minutes of the restart when, after Isak's header had hit a post, he clawed away Schar's header from close range
Martnelli then clipped an effort off the top of the crossbar as there was little break from the breathless pace of the game as play switched rapidly from end to end
The next goal was going to be crucial and Arsenal got it 19 minutes from time when Martinelli's driven cross ricocheted past Pope off Schar and into the net
This was a victory to dispel any notion that this Arsenal team will not be able to sustain the charge
 They are still fighting for this title
"I thought they might get eaten alive [on Sunday]
 The atmosphere was ferocious
 Arsenal grew up here a lot
 Mikel Arteta deserves a lot of credit for picking Jorginho
 Many would have said get Thomas Partey back in there
 The class Martin Odegaard showed in the first 30 minutes was outstanding
 Jorginho composed his team-mates and guided them
 Martinelli and Saka are still not at their best but the composure from Odegaard and Jorginho was there for all to see
"The reason why Manchester United players and Pep Guardiola have said Paul Scholes is their favourite player was because in moments in the hardest atmosphere in a difficult away game those players are unique
 They have the composure, the balance to get the team playing
 That's what Jorginho reminded me of - he was fantastic
"Arsenal have gone up a lot in my estimation [on Sunday] as I didn't expect that
 I expected them to fall
 Those Manchester City players will go to bed, not panicking, but it's a little dig in the ribs
 They will have wanted a cushion going into the Real Madrid game
"Newcastle boss , speaking to : "Fine margins for us and we just came out on the wrong side of them
 We missed some big chances in the game and it just wasn't quite there for us
 I am sure I will look back at some moments and rue some moments we didn't get quite right
"If Jacob's (Murphy) chance goes in early on, it is a totally different game
 There are loads of things we will look back on and think it could have gone our way and didn't
 We have to take ownership of that
 We are disappointed as I don't think we defended as well as we have done for the majority of the season
 But we gave everything
 It was a high-level game and two teams going right at each other
 That produced a good spectacle
"There were loads of chances there and we didn't put the ball in the net
 We have done in our previous run of games
 We didn't keep the ball well enough and were a bit loose in possession
 When you give Arsenal transitions they are a very dangerous team and so it proved
"The result would tell you they did [imposed their style on the game], but in truth I think neither were dominant
 It was to that bit of quality to win it
 It hinged on big moments
"We have four games remaining and need three results
 Liverpool and other teams are coming
 They are top level
 We can only do what we can do and I believe in the character of the team to get it over the line
"Arsenal boss , speaking to : "They showed what it takes to come here, in this environment, against a great team, what it takes to win
 The desire to keep digging, keep believing, with a reward which is so big
 We had to do it today and we did everything we had to do to win the game
"Sport always gives you another opportunity, and then you have to take it, and learn from those moments and see how you felt in those moments to overcome it, and act in a different way
 The team did that really well today
"You have to go through the pain and the emotion of what you felt in the moment
 You can't forget it if you want to become better, you have to recognise that in any moment you can have that feeling
 It's a horrible feeling, you don't want to have it again
 You have to do your most, and you might lose still - this is sport - but it had to be different today
"Jorginho was exceptional, he was man of the match, there were question marks because it was going to be really physical, but if you want to go physicality against physicality, you have no chance to win the game so we had to try something different
"He understood the game really well, he's a really intelligent player
 He gives a lot of security to the team and dominated the game in many moments
"Newcastle continue their top-four challenge at Leeds on Saturday May 13
 Kick-off 3pm