'It's not done' - Arsenal back up Rice's words with crucial win

Spor dünyasında son dakika haberi: 'It's not done' - Arsenal back up Rice's words with crucial win To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This video can not be played Figure caption, Superb Eze effort enough to give Arsenal win over Newcastle By Alex Howell Arsenal reporter at Emirates Stadium Published 6 minutes ago 3 Comments Pictures of Declan Rice saying "it's not done" went viral in the aftermath of Arsenal 's defeat by Manchester City last week – and the Gunners have proved him right by putting the pressure back on their rivals in the Premier League title race. Eberechi Eze's excellent strike was enough to secure a crucial 1-0 win over Newcastle to move them three points clear of Manchester City in the opening exchanges of what, after the loss to Pep Guardiola's side last week, Mikel Arteta called "a new league".

And now it is advantage Arsenal after "game one". "I'm really happy for the win," Arteta said. "We talked about game one and how important that was.

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"We had to do what was in our hands and we discussed that. "Game one is in our hands, what we do and how we approach the game? Are we able to win it?

We've done it, we wanted bigger margins, it's not been possible but we certainly have done the job. " City's win against Burnley in midweek saw Arsenal slip to second place for the first time since October, with the two teams level on points and goal difference but Guardiola's side going top by virtue of goals scored. That put a huge amount of pressure on an Arsenal side who were coming into the game with Newcastle after back-to-back defeats for the first time this season.

The relief of ending that run with victory was visible as players fell to the floor on hearing the final whistle. And looking aheads to the four league games to go, Arteta said he was was ready to deal with the pressure of attemtping to end the club's 22-year wait for the title. "I don't expect, after 22 years of not winning it, that it's going to be a path of roses and beautiful music around it," he said.

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"It's going to be like this and we are ready for it. " Where does it leave Arsenal in title race? To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.

This video can not be played Figure caption, 'Something clicked, something changed' after Man City defeat - Arteta Arsenal would move six points clear of second-placed Manchester City if they beat Fulham in their home game next week, though City, who were in FA Cup semi-final action this weekend, would have two games in hand. That is because Manchester City were playing in the FA Cup semi-final earlier on Saturday against Southampton and are not back in league action until Monday, 4 May when they play Everton . Having that buffer of points built up by the time of City's next game at Everton on Monday 4 May would be a huge boost for Arteta's side given they went into this weekend off the top for the first time since October.

According to Opta, Arsenal have a 72.

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