On paper this should have been an easy victory for Arsenal. The visitors had won their last five Premier League games, look nailed on for a top-four spot and they burst out of the blocks to take an early 2-0 lead. At that point it looked as though the visitors could score four or five. But the second half was a different story as Newcastle piled on the pressure with wave after wave of attack. They had Arsene Wenger's side rattled for a long period and the Londoners will have been relieved to depart with all three points. This week John Carver told his players they had to prove they deserved to stay at the club in the summer and his words clearly had some effect. Play like they did in the second half again and they will trouble the majority of teams in the top flight.