No wonder Joelinton doesn't score, he's never in the box! Just the one touch in the opposition box in that half.

He had gone 22 Premier League games without scoring going into this match. It's now 1,811 minutes since his last league goal.

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Lee Dixon
Former Arsenal and England defender on BBC Radio 5 live

Newcastle will be the happier of the two sides.

Steve Bruce has set out his team exactly how we thought he would - Newcastle are restricting spaces all over the pitch and playing solidly at the back.

#MatchReportRewrite

Shamoon Hafez
BBC Sport at Emirates Stadium

Plenty of endeavour but a real lack of quality in the final third from both sides.

I'm bracing myself for a 94th-minute scuffer from either side.

Nothing in it. We need a goal though!

Nicolas Pepe and Dani Ceballos try a neat one-two on the edge of the box but the return pass to Pepe has too much on it.

Martin Dubravka steps off his line to get there first.

Lee Dixon
Former Arsenal and England defender on BBC Radio 5 live

Playing against Allan Saint-Maximin is a really good test for Hector Bellerin today.

I really like Bellerin as a player, I just think he can improve his decision making.

So playing against a winger who's very direct will hopefully help him today.

Valentino Lazaro lifts a free-kick into the box but it's comfortably gathered in by Bernd Leno.

Djmannie: Even in the days of Marouane Chamakh, Arsenal didn't perform like this. We miss you Chamakh.

Shamoon Hafez
BBC Sport at Emirates Stadium

Just realised, Arsenal fans have been booing Danny Rose but not Nabil Bentaleb...

Allan Saint-Maximin takes on Hector Bellerin on the left, beats him for pace and slides a ball acorss the face of the goal.

Nobody there!

The corner isn't gathered in by Martin Dubravka and Shkodran Mustafi strikes it on the half-volley.

Joelinton is there to make a crucial clearance on the goalline as Dubravka scrambles to get back into position.

Ooosh! Nicolas Pepe takes a free-kick from about 25 yards out and Martin Dubravka tips it over the crossbar.

It might have been going over anyway but he makes sure.

Miguel Almiron brings the ball out from the back and moves it across to Allan Saint-Maximin. The two try to combine down the left but it's two-on-three and they're outnumbered.

Arsenal win it back and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's powerful effort is deflected just over the bar by Ciaran Clark.

Kris Jefferson: Newcastle working hard here, but the lack of quality final ball is painfully evident in this game, no wonder they’ve had to rely on defenders for most of their goals.

Arsenal are struggling to cause too many problems. Nicolas Pepe tries one from long range as he cuts inside onto his left.

It flies over the bar.

Lee Dixon
Former Arsenal and England defender on BBC Radio 5 live

I'm just looking down at Steve Bruce, and he looks quite happy with how things are going here - either that or he's just passed wind.

Mesut Ozil feeds it into the feet of Eddie Nketiah, just inside the box. He hits it first time but it's straight at the keeper.

Not a bad effort though!

Varun: Hate to say this as a long suffering Arsenal fan, but this is a pretty engrossing game between two teams ranked 11th and 12th with both trying to break into the top half of the table.

Amrul Choudhury: Arsenal are playing well in black and white.

Hector Bellerin's clipped ball is half-cleared but it's hooked back over to Bukayo Saka on the left.

He manages to keep the ball in play but again, Newcastle's defence head it away. Eddie Nketiah's through ball then rolls through to the keeper.