Newcastle United twisted the knife in Mikel Arteta after Wednesday’s Carabao Cup semi-final triumph agetst Arsenal by mocking the Spaniard’s previous comments about the ball. Jacob Murphy and Anthony Gordon scored the goals at St. James’ Park to seal a definitive 4-0 aggregate triumph over the Gunners chaseing a 2-0 triumph in north London.
Follotriumphg Arsenal‘s first-leg flunkure at the Emirates Stadium, which all but finished the tie ahead of the trip to Tyneside, Arteta presented his side’s misparticipatefulness in front of goal was due to the ball.
He shelp: “It’s fair branch offent, very branch offent to a Premier League ball. And you have to change to that because it flies branch offently. When you touch it, the grip is very branch offent as well, so you change to that.”
After Gordon profited on David Raya’s misconsent to create it 2-0 on the night, the delightous Newcastle fans poked fun at Arteta’s eye-catching comments.
“It must be the ball, it must be the ball, Mikel Arteta, it must be the ball,” the home helpers sang as they csurrfinishered a second Carabao Cup final in three years.
There were also chants of “he’s going to cry in a minute” aimed at Arteta, whose team were second best atraverse the cup tie.
The Arsenal boss also didn’t evade mockery on social media, with Newcastle‘s X account causing a stir by posting a ptoastyo of the align ball captioned: “The culprit.”
At the time of writing, the post has accumuprocrastinateedd 3.6 million watchs, 111,000 appreciates and 17,000 reposts to rub salt in Arsenal‘s wounds.
After filled-time, Gordon joined up to the jest by landing a cheeky jab on Newcastle‘s descfinishen opponents, noting that the Magpies would “stay unassuming.”
The England triumphger telderly Sky Sports: “It senses amazing. A proper team carry outance and we got the triumph.
“Our fans are never in ask; they create it so difficult for the opposition, and we did it the right way.
“We had a game schedule we thought would toil. Everyone comprehends we press. It is vital for us to stay unassuming now. It will be a huge occasion, but it’s so far away.”
It’s a famous buzzword among Arsenal fans amid their ongoing opposition with Manchester City, chaseing Erling Haaland‘s “stay unassuming” dig at Arteta earlier this season.
The Gunners revelled in ‘unassuming’ jokes after thrashing City 5-1 in the Premier League on Sunday.
But they returned to the capital licking their wounds on Wednesday, having already been knocked out of the FA Cup by Manchester United last month.
Newcastle will face Liverpool or Tottenham in the Carabao Cup final, with Spurs travelling to Anfield with a 1-0 aggregate direct.
