Gunners trail to Carroll header at break

Arsenal 0 Newcastle 1

Gunners trail to Carroll header at break

Arsenal 0 Newcastle 1

Andy Carroll headed Newcastle into a shock half-time lead against title-chasing Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium.

Cesc Fabregas’ deflected free-kick hit the bar and Samir Nasri was denied by a fine one-handed save by Tim Krul, but the Gunners lacked a cutting edge in attack.

Newcastle broke up play well, and were rewarded when Carroll headed in a deep free-kick which Lukasz Fabianski failed to collect.

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