Alexandre Lacazette and Ayoze Perez have traded first half goals as St. James’ Park as Newcastle United aims to stay unbeaten at home in 2018.
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Though Newcastle was on the front foot, with Kenedy forcing an early save out of Petr Cech, the Gunners went ahead when Lacazette feasted off the work of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
Magpies keeper Martin Dubravka stopped to collect an Alex Iwobi effort in the 20th minute as the Gunners grew further into the control.
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