The Arsenal first football team wasted two valuable points in the struggle for the top of the English Premier League, by drawing negatively with its guest, Newcastle United, on Tuesday, in the nineteenth round.
At the Emirates Stadium, Arsenal and Newcastle failed to take advantage of the opportunities they had throughout the 90 minutes, and the match ended in a goalless draw.
Arsenal scored one point, which raised its lead to 44 points from 17 games, eight points ahead of its closest pursuers, Manchester City, who played 16 games, and Newcastle raised its tally to 35 points from 18 games in third place.
The hosts almost got the three points, when Eddie Nketiah fired a powerful low shot, but goalkeeper Nick Pope brilliantly saved it in the 87th minute.
The referee did not heed the demands of Arsenal players to award a penalty kick in the last minutes.
And Newcastle, the owner of the strongest defense in the league this season, began to be happy with the defense’s commitment in most of the match, but Jolinton missed a good opportunity before the end of the first half, and the peak of excitement appeared in stoppage time, when Arsenal players demanded a penalty kick under the pretext that the ball touched the hand of a Newcastle player. inside the 18th region at 90 + 5 minutes; But the referee ordered the game to continue, and the match ended in a goalless draw. . 
