That's us done for another Saturday. Thanks for your comments, tweets, texts and thoughts this afternoon - see you tomorrow for the small matter of Manchester United v Liverpool...

Borussia Dortmund boss Jurgen Klopp is a man who has been linked with replacing Arsene Wenger in the future but his side are having a terrible time of it in the Bundesliga.

Dortmund dropped back into the relegation play-off place after losing to fellow strugglers Hertha Berlin.

Klopp said: "We hear week after week that we are a great team, but this 'awesome' team also has awesome problems."

Arsene Wenger confirms that defender Laurent Koscielny and midfielder Aaron Ramsey will both be missing for at least a couple more weeks. Will Wenger strengthen his squad in January?

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Injured Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil:, external "Good job Gunners! Great performance and a cheeky penalty by Santi."

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Newcastle boss Alan Pardew: "You know with Arsenal there's going to be a chance but it wasn't to be. We didn't play well today and they played well. I don't think many teams would have coped with them. We were sloppy with our passing, but we've been on a fantastic run and this was always going to be a tough game and it didn't work out for us.

"The front three for Arsenal were rested midweek and I think that showed. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain was outstanding and he caused us a lot of problems. We play a lot better than that usually. We missed Sissoko and I must look at myself in terms of selection of the team. We need to cope without him because he's not going to play every week. We tried to be ambitious and if that's a fault we have to accept that."

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger: "We had the dynamic that we wanted to have. Scoring early helped because we knew Newcastle had slow starts as well but are very strong in the second half. I think the crowd was behind the team, at some stage a little bit edgy, but overall I think we controlled quite well the game. We're a bit depleted at the back and we responded very well. Olivier Giroud is just coming back from injury and is still not maybe 100% but he can still score goals and is a physical presence."

On signing a centre half in January: "Well yes, with Laurent Koscielny's injury we're a bit cautious and we need cover."

On difficult week: "Look, we won 4-1 at Galatasaray and won 4-1 tonight and we lost, unfortunately, at Stoke and we feel guilty for that. But 99.9% it is people with full respect even when they're not happy. I can take the 0.1% of criticism. Yes, of course, I'm thankful for the fans singing my name at the end of the match, but what you want is for our fans to be happy because we win football games. Our job is to win football games and when we don't do it I understand when they're not happy."

Match of the Day

The usual service this evening as we round up all the day's goals, incidents and various talking points across the top flight on Match of the Day. Dan Walker's in the presenter's chair, and he's joined by pundits Danny Murphy and Robbie Savage. It's on BBC One, 22:30-23:55.

More Match of the Day on Sunday morning, by the way, with Match of the Day at 50 on BBC Two from 06:30-07:35, then a repeat of tonight's broadcast at 07:35-09:00 on BBC One.

Back to tonight, and if the lower leagues are your thing then The Football League Show kicks into action from 23:55-01:15, again on BBC One.

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Over on BBC Radio 5 live, 606 is in full swing and Caroline Barker and Robbie Savage are taking your calls.

David, a Chelsea fan, says: "Frank Lampard is a credit to humanity."

Steve, a Bournemouth fan, says: "Going to stick my neck out and say that Eddie Howe is the best manager in the country."

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Newcastle boss Alan Pardew says his side didn't play well today, calling them sloppy and bad in the tackle.

Paul Emeka Kalu: Four goals for Arsenal and none for Alexis Sanchez. Who would have thought that?

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Santi Cazorla became the fourth different Arsenal player to score on his birthday in the Premier League after Yossi Benayoun, Robert Pires and Paul Merson.

If I had to celebrate one of those birthday nights out, it would be Merse every time...

Arsene Wenger has a smile back on his face as he praises his 'dynamic' side. Full quotes to follow.

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Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud on manager Arsene Wenger: "I didn't want to talk a lot about this situation, it's always the same when you're losing a game, it's always like that and the first man in front of the criticism is the boss.

"It's part of our job but we are one pack and we will be always together, so keep the faith, keep working hard and I think there's nothing about a change of boss because he's the man of the situation. It's nice to hear the fans supporting the boss and obviously it's a fantastic night for us and we're pleased and now we have one week rest and we need to prepare well for the next big game at Anfield."

Olivier Giroud says Arsene Wenger 'is still the man.' One win over Newcastle won't change anything for his critics but Wenger has had a good week since departing from Stoke-on-Trent.

Jonny Uppingham: Great result for Arsenal. Very impressed with Bellerin/Debuchy today. We chased every ball and Sanchez was wonderful as usual.

Belete Eshetea: The OX man of the match for me!

Evan Pritchard: So, when players exchange shirts at the end of the match, what do they do with them?

Evan asks the most challenging question of the day... would you really want a room filled with other men's smelly shirts? Join the conversation using #bbcfootball, external on Twitter, send a text to 81111 (UK only), or post a comment on the BBC Sport Facebook, external or Google+ page., external

Former Newcastle defender John Anderson
BBC Radio Newcastle at the Emirates Stadium

"It's a difficult place for Newcastle to come, there is no doubt about that. Arsenal were the better side throughout the game, and Newcastle didn't create a great deal. Once Arsenal went 3-0 up the confidence soared. You felt after Newcastle scored one back, if they got another one quickly the game could change, but this has been a tough evening for them. They had a go, but the Arsenal goalkeeper wasn't really tested."

Arsenal move level on points with Southampton then, and are just two points behind Manchester United in third. Who will take a top-four spot this season? It looks wide open.

Lukas Podolski drills a shot wide from 25 yards as the tricks come out of the box for Arsenal now. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is replaced by Ainsley Mailand-Niles for his Premier League debut. He's just 17 years old - named after chef Ainsley Harriott?

Former Newcastle defender John Anderson
BBC Radio Newcastle at the Emirates Stadium

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"What a good penalty. Although I'm not too sure Santi Cazorla would have done it at 0-0. But in the last minute, when you are already 3-1 up... he put backspin on it as well. Not too sure I would have had the bottle to do that."