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That. Was. Huge.
Before this weekend, there was a prospect that Arsenal could have been eight points behind Liverpool if everything went wrong. Instead, the gap is now two points.
As soon as the whistle went at Selhurst Park yesterday and Crystal Palace had beaten Liverpool, an already massive game at St. James' Park got even bigger.
Arsenal HAD to beat Newcastle, and well, that's what they did.
For a long time, it looked like it was going to be another afternoon of pain for the Gunners at a ground that has inflicted so much damage on their title hopes in the last few years.
They had a stonewall penalty overturned, missed heaps of chances, and then Newcastle went and took the lead through Nick Woltemade.
But this new and improved version of Arsenal did not give up, and they turned the game on its head late on. Mikel Merino levelled things up with five minutes to go, before Gabriel won it in stoppage time.
Now it's Arsenal who have the momentum, not Liverpool.
The fact that we are talking like this just two months and six games into the campaign says everything, really. This is going to be a rollercoaster of a campaign with so many twists and turns.
But what we do know is that Arsenal will likely be there or thereabouts at the very end of it.
Anyway, I am going to dash off now. Thank you for joining us, see you soon.
