"That felt big. When the first goal went in, you could sort of smell something. There's big questions being asked of Arsenal in the last week rightly so. He's changed today. [Mikel Arteta will] play it down, we'll hear him say they've done nothing differently, but his team selection at the start of the game is more positive. His substitutions were everything he could have thrown at the game."
"If you're going to come off a football pitch, make sure you've used all your weapons, make sure you've used everything in your armoury. The reason you get the winner at the end is because of the intent. If they think they can win the league, they believe they should win every single match. Let your substitutions tell us that, let your team selection tell us that."
Arsenal overturned a 1-0 deficit to beat Newcastle United 2-1 at St. James' Park with late goals from substitute Mikel Merino and centre-back Gabriel in the 96th minute. Arteta made a more positive starting selection and deployed multiple attacking substitutions to change the game, culminating in a stoppage-time header from a corner. Arteta had faced recent criticism after benching Eberechi Eze and Gabriel Martinelli and a perceived conservative performance against Manchester City. The intent behind selection and substitutions signalled a belief in winning every match and contributed directly to securing the three points.
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