Arsenal 1 Newcastle 0 LIVE: Premier League 2017-18 football as it happened at Emirates Stadium as Mesut Ozil volleys Gunners to victory

Arsenal 1 Newcastle United 0 | Premier League | Emirates Stadium | Kick-off: 3pm | Saturday, 16 December, 2017

Arsenal returned to winning ways but had Mesut Ozil to thank for scoring a wonderful winner as they toiled against out-of-form Newcastle.

Having taken just two points from their last three games, Gunners boss Arsene Wenger could not have wished for a better game in which to register a first Premier League win of the month.

But the performance in a tight victory over the Magpies was met with incredulity from pockets of the home fans, with the likes of Alexis Sanchez and the recalled Alexandre Lacazette struggling to make an impact once again.

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Team news and starting line-ups

Arsenal XI: Cech; Bellerin, Koscielny, Monreal, Maitland-Niles; Xhaka, Wilshere; Iwobi, Ozil, Sanchez; Lacazette

Subs: Ospina, Chambers, Kolasinac, Coquelin, Elneny, Welbeck, Giroud

Newcastle XI: Elliot, Yedlin, Lascelles, Lejeune, Manquillo, Hayden, Merino, Atsu, Perez, Murphy, Joselu

Subs: Clark, Dummett, Gayle, Diame, Ritchie, Aarons, Darlow

Referee: Stuart Attwell (Warwickshire)

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