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Jack Wilshere has rejoined Bournemouth on a deal until the end of the season.

Former Arsenal and West Ham midfielder Wilshere has been training with the first-team squad to maintain fitness after he left the Hammers in October.

The England midfielder, 29, previously made 27 appearances for the Cherries during a season-long loan from Arsenal in the 2016-17 Premier League campaign.

Wilshere is eligible to be part of the Bournemouth squad for Tuesday's Championship game at Derby County.

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Alan Shearer
Former England striker and MOTD pundit

In his latest BBC Sport column, former Newcastle striker Alan Shearer discusses the Premier League title race.

It is shaping up to be a thrilling title race and the unpredictability of the Premier League so far is one of the things we can look forward to continuing in the second half of the season.

You could argue a case for four or five teams to win it, and it is wide open - I can't remember it ever being as compact, with so few points separating the top teams at this stage, as it is this year.

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These two teams met in the FA Cup last week, when Arsenal needed extra time to get through. I don't expect the Gunners to make such hard work of a win second time around.

Newcastle are on a bad run of eight games without a win, and they are not playing well either. The Magpies are quite a negative team at the best of times, but they have not been creating very much recently.

They were awful in the first half of Tuesday's defeat by Sheffield United and it feels like if you score first against them, they don't really know what to do.

They have not offered much going forward, so I totally understand why their fans are frustrated, but I do have some sympathy for Newcastle boss Steve Bruce.

When Bruce got the job in July 2019, his remit was to keep Newcastle in the Premier League. That hasn't changed, so you have to look at how he is doing from that perspective.

Prediction: 2-0

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Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has scored in each of his past three appearances against Newcastle.

Newcastle have lost eight successive league games away to the Gunners since a 1-0 victory in November 2010.

Arsenal have won 14 of the past 15 Premier League meetings, losing the other 2-1 away in April 2018.

And Newcastle boss Steve Bruce is winless in his 17 away matches as a manager against Arsenal in all competitions (D4, L13).

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Karen Carney
Former England and Chelsea winger on BBC Radio 5 Live

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I watched Newcastle against Brentford in the Carabao Cup and it just wasn't right. The fans are frustrated at Steve Bruce's negative tactics, so he's got to be a little bit more pragmatic.

He's changed the shape tonight, he's tried to get as many attacking players on the pitch as possible and he has to do something different, because if you keep doing the same thing, you keep getting the same outcome.

I hope tonight they put in a good performance and start to click. I think if they at least have a go, I don't think the Newcastle fans will have anything to criticise.

CM: You know that "5 magical Ozil moments" video? Can we also have one called, "20 infuriating moments Ozil refused to track back and wandered the length of the pitch doing nothing".

Just pitched this to my editor. He said it didn't sound very engaging in video form. Not very 'younger audiences'.

Arsenal

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta on Steve Bruce: "When you are sitting in one of these chairs, you suffer and you have a lot of empathy for your colleagues.

"We all know what it takes, how much we suffer and as well, [Bruce] is a top guy, a really good manager.

"You need support from the club, that is for sure, then you need to feel as well what your fans and supporters can see what you are trying to build.

"Then the most important part for me is the feeling you have with the players. When you feel that the players are on board and they are really trying for you, that they are behind you, that gives you a big energy.

"Probably when you feel that the players are lost and not behind you, that is difficult."

Arsenal's Emile Smith Rowe says there is "no better feeling" than sharing the pitch with players he has grown up with through the Gunners' Hale End academy, such as Reiss Nelson, Bukayo Saka and Joe Willock.

Marc Richards: Steve Bruce said the gloves were off and that he was doing it his way. Shouldn't it have been HIS way from the start? It would come as a great surprise if we see him doing anything different and he should probably walk before he's let go.

Newcastle United

Newcastle boss Steve Bruce says criticism of him has been "personal from day one" but he "won’t give in".

Fans have called for his resignation after defeat by the Premier League’s bottom club Sheffield United, meaning the Magpies are winless in eight games.

Bruce, 60, said the first half was "absolutely hopeless" and admitted: "I picked the wrong team" after choosing a defensive line-up against the Blades.

"I’ve made a career of never giving in so I won’t [now]," said Bruce. I will keep trying to do my utmost to make this better.

"[The criticism] has been personal from day one - certain people out there think I shouldn't have been in the job to start with. All I can do is accept it and try not to be too down with it."

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Arsenal make three changes from the side that began the goalless draw versus Crystal Palace on Thursday as Cedric Soares, Kieran Tierney and Thomas Partey all come in, while Hector Bellerin drops to the bench and Dani Ceballos and Ainsley Maitland-Niles miss out altogether.

Arsenal XI: Leno, Soares, Holding, Luiz, Tierney, Partey, Xhaka, Saka, Smith-Rowe, Aubameyang, Lacazette.

Subs: Runarsson, Gabriel, Bellerin, Elneny, Martinelli, Willock, Willian, Pepe, Nketiah.

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Newcastle became the first side to lose a league game to bottom-of-the-table Sheffield United this season with a 1-0 defeat last Tuesday and Steve Bruce has made eight changes as a result.

Captain Jamaal Lascelles returns in defence, while Bruce has named an attacking line-up with Andy Carroll, Joelinton, Miguel Almiron and Callum Wilson all starting.

Newcastle XI: Darlow, Lewis, Clark, Lascelles, Krafth, M Longstaff, Shelvey, Almiron, Carroll, Joelinton, Wilson.

Subs: Dubravka, Hayden, Ritchie, Hendrick, Anderson, Yedlin, Murphy, S Longstaff.

These two sides met recently in the third round of the FA Cup and Arsenal needed extra-time goals from Emile Smith Rowe and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to send them through.

In-form Smith Rowe had an eventful evening after arriving as a second-half substitute, seeing a red card rightly rescinded before opening the scoring.

Aubameyang tapped in the second after a slick move cut Newcastle open.

Andy Carroll missed two golden chances in normal time, which could have sent Arsenal to a rare third-round exit.

Read the full match report on that game here.