Diaby collects the ball off van Persie before lashing a powerful shot against the post. That was a fine effort.

Song knocks the ball over the top of the Newcastle defence, but van Persie is caught offside.

Three minutes of added time are to be played at the end of this game.

The Newcastle fans are heading for the exits now. They know this game is over.

Owen tries to slide the ball through to Martins, but it is a poor pass and Clichy intercepts with relative ease.

Nolan does well on the right wing before squaring a pass to Ameobi who places a shot straight into the arms of Almunia.

It seems as though both teams are settling for the scoreline to stay as it is. Newcastle don't want their goal difference to take too much of a hit.

Arsenal break forward again, but van Persie loses the ball just before he was about to square the ball to Bendtner in the penalty area.

A neat passing move from Arsenal comes to an end when van Persie turns and shoots wide from just outside the penalty area.

Nasri knocks a ball towards Bendtner at the back post, but the Arsenal striker misses his header completely and the moves breaks down.

Bendtner takes the ball down on his chest before finding Sagna who watches on as his curling cross is headed away.

Arsenal have only lost once in their last 20 games in all competitions and it seems as though their decent form will continue after today.

Enrique holds onto the ball for too long as he pushes forward and loses the ball to Sagna.

Arsenal are playing with great confidence now and the Newcastle players are chasing shadows.

van Persie storms through on goal after being played through by Clichy, but Harper forces him wide and prevents the striker getting a shot away.

Corner for Arsenal is taken by van Persie towards Gallas who diverts his header wide of the goal.

Newcastle will wonder what has happened in this game. They were the better side up until the first goal.

Arsenal are piling on the pressure now as Pereira Neves Denilson forces an excellent save from Harper. It could have been 4-1.

Free kick for Arsenal is whipped in by van Persie, but before Arsenal can get a shot away, the referee blows for a foul.

After an amazing couple of minutes, this game could go either way. The crowd are jumping.

Ryan Taylor collects the ball on the right hand side before attempting a curling cross which is blocked by Clichy.

Steven Taylor gets on the end of the latest corner, but his header is blocked and then cleared by Toure.

Corner for the home side is swung into the near post by Ryan Taylor only for Toure to get to the ball before anyone else. He concedes antoher corner though.

Almunia manages to collect a Duff cross ahead of Steven Taylor who seems to have injured himself.

A decent break from Newcastle almost results in a chance, but Almunia grabs a Ryan Taylor cross at the second attempt.

Bendtner tries to force his way into the Newcastle penalty area, but Coloccini gets the better of him and clears the ball away.

There are no changes for either side - both managers will look to change things at some point in the game though.

Newcastle will be hoping that they can perform as well as they did in the first half, this time though - they need to score!

Steven Taylor makes another crucial block to save his team. This time, he gets in the way of a van Persie shot that looked destined for the back of the net.

Arshavin knocks the ball forward into the path of Bendtner, but Harper gets to the ball first and ends the danger.

Duff and Beye exchange passes in the areal before the latter hits his first time shot into the arms of Almunia.

Wenger will be desperate to get his team in at the break because they are under huge pressure from Newcastle at the end of this first half.

Arsenal have beaten Newcastle 3-0 on the last three occasions that these teams have met. It won't be that comfortable today by the look of things.

Another attack from Newcastle ends when Martins hooks the ball just wide of the post after getting on the end of a Beye pass.

Nolan whips a fantastic ball into the box from the right hand side, but Lovenkrands fails to convert it from close range.

Arshavin goes to ground very easily after a challenge from Steven Taylor and the home fans don't like it one bit.

Arshavin moves forward at pace for Arsenal before unleashing a lethal shot which shaves the top of the bar. Excellent effort.

Sebastien Bassong is down injured at the moment and seems very uncomfortable. It would be a big loss if he had to go off.

It wouldn't be that suprising if this game ended in a draw - Newcastle have drawn 11 of their 29 games this season, 8 of Arsenal's last 15 games have ended all square.

Corner for Newcastle is headed over by Martins. Newcastle really need to score while they are on top.

Peter Lovenkrands runs towards goal for Newcastle, but Clichy slides in at the crucial moment to prevent an attempt at goal.

Nasri's free kick is comfortably collected by Harper. That was a poor free kick from the Frenchman and Wenger is annoyed.

Butt collects the ball off Coloccini before his curling cross is collected by Almunia under pressure from Martins.

This game is very open at the moment and both sides have had their chances.

A fantastic block from Steven Taylor prevents Arshavin opening the scoring after he collected the ball at the back post.

Ryan Taylor whips in the corner towards the back post, only for Nasri to hack the ball away for Arsenal.

Martins attempts to make amends straight away, but his powerful effort from distance is deflected wide of the post.

The penalty from Martins is awful and is comfortably saved by Almunia. That was such a weak attempt.

Newcastle are awarded a penalty after Manuel Almunia fouls Ryan Taylor in the area.

Arshavin attempts to sweep the ball towards van Persie, but Enrique is there for Newcastle to intercept and clear the danger.

The home fans appeal for a penalty as Nasri nudges Nolan who goes down in the box. That would have been tough on Arsenal had it been given.

Newcastle will be happy enough with the start they have made to this game as Arsenal haven't created much at all.

Arsenal have increased the tempo of this game in the last few minutes. Bendtner wastes their latest chance to attack though as his cross goes out for a goal-kick.

Arsenal break straight down the other end and have their first shot on goal from Bendtner who forces a save from Steve Harper.

Peter Lovenkrands does well to beat his man before finding Ryan Taylor who fails to beat Gael Clichy.

Arshavin is caught off the ball by Ryan Taylor. The Newcastle defender is going to have his work cut out against the Russian this evening.

Andrey Arshavin's first involvement of the game is to turn well and find Sagna on the right wing. Nothing comes of the attack though as Nolan makes the interception.

Duff launches a promising Newcastle attack which eventually comes to an end when Nolan in tackled well by Vassiriki Abou Diaby.

First corner of the game for Arsenal is whipped in by Robin van Persie towards Gallas who misses the header with the goal in front on him. That was a great chance.

Martins looks to make something happen this time, but his eventual cross is weak and goes comfortably wide of the post.

Ryan Taylor takes the corner towards the back post where William Gallas makes an important clearance. Decent start from the home side though.

Jose Sanchez Enrique bursts down the left hand side for Newcastle and forces Kolo Toure to concede a corner.

In contrast to Arsenal's form in 2009, Newcastle have only won once since the turn of the year.

Arsene Wenger isn't happy with the referee as he thought Nicklas Bendtner was fouled by Steven Taylor.

Obafemi Martins and Kevin Nolan exchange passes before the latter runs out of space and loses the ball to Samir Nasri.

Arsenal pass the ball around well, but they eventually lose it to Nicky Butt who seems really up for this game.

Newcastle could really do with three points today. They are in big trouble and sit in the bottom three ahead of this game.