Saturday’s clash between Newcastle and Arsenal had it all, and here, we’ll dive into some of the best and funniest football memes celebrating the home team’s victory.
Arsenal arrived at St. James’ Park for the early Premier League kick-off, hoping to claim three points to keep the pressure on league leaders Liverpool and Manchester City. But a header from Alexander Isak in the 12th minute proved decisive, sealing a win for Newcastle.
Isak’s goal secured the points for Newcastle and dealt a serious setback to Mikel Arteta’s title ambitions. This marks Arsenal’s second domestic loss of the season, leaving them in third place, four points behind Liverpool and five behind Manchester City. Depending on other weekend results, Arsenal’s position could slip as low as ninth.
Following Arsenal’s disappointing performance, fans were quick to revel in the Gunners’ misfortune. Check out some of the funniest reactions and memes from social media below.
Bitter Arsenal sent brutal reminder
Newcastle’s 1-0 victory over Arsenal last November was marked by a controversial call that ultimately decided the game.
Arsenal players argued that the ball had gone out of play before Anthony Gordon’s goal, but after a VAR review, officials ruled that it had stayed in, allowing the goal to stand.
Recalling that incident from a year ago, Newcastle fans were quick to poke fun at Arsenal again today, sarcastically claiming that Isak’s goal shouldn’t have counted because the ball had “clearly” gone out of play.
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Oleksandr Zinchenko replaced Mikel Merino after 61 minutes and fans were quick to point out how Mikel Arteta should have opted to bring on Myles Lewis-Skelly instead.
Not Livramento be for Martinelli
Gabriel Martinelli had an afternoon to forget. The Brazilian winger failed to make an impact and fans online were quick to recognise it.
Matched up with Tino Livramento, Arsenal’s number 11 was second best to in every department, including head-to-head sprints.
Using a clip of Arsenal Fan TV host Robbie Lyle running to troll Martinelli’s performance, one X user posted an hilarious video with the caption: “Martinelli tryna outpace Livramento.”
Saka feels the Burn
Along with Lewis Hall, who deservingly earned the ‘Man of the Match’ award, fellow defender Dan Burn was also excellent.
The 6’7″ centre-back kept Bukayo Saka quiet all afternoon with the Arsenal winger’s failure to win his individual duels made a mockery of on social media.
Title hopes over… Again
Taking aim at the fact the Gunners were many fans’ pick to win the Premier League this season, as well as last, one fan online trolled the side for their failure to achieve… Well, anything, actually.
