Arsenal, who had 23 shots to Newcastle's seven, piled on the pressure late on to try to reduce the deficit but Newcastle manned the barricades to take a healthy lead to St James' Park.
Liverpool moved back to the top of the Premier League with a 2-0 victory at struggling Burnley
Qualifying Newcastle United for the Champions League was not even in Eddie Howe's thoughts at the start of the season
Manchester United crushed Newcastle United's hopes of a claiming a first domestic trophy for nearly 70 years with a clinical 2-0 victory in the League Cup final at Wembley on Sunday.
Images from Wednesday's action in the English Premier League.
Giving teenagers more time to sleep helps boost their concentration levels, and consequently grades in school, according to a leading head teacher.Dr Paul Kelley, head of the successful Monkseaton Community High in North Tyneside, has urged other schools to change their timing to 11 am.Studies have shown that young peoples' brains are wired differently to adults'.
Seventy-one-year-old Davender Ghai has seen little success in his three-year-old legal battle to conduct open-air cremations for Hindus in UK, but is far from giving up.
Images from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday.
she was found guilty of forging time sheets to claim more than 41,000 pounds from the National Health Service.
The 28-year-old Dutch international signed a three-year deal with the Premiership side.
'I can't give you a time but we will get there. We have given ourselves a big, big uphill task to get in the top four, never mind the top six'
Newcastle thump Preston in tense match to romp back to the top-tier
Eight wins and a draw in their last nine games had seen Leicester emerge as the closest pursuers of runaway leaders Liverpool but they went down 3-1 at the Etihad despite taking an early lead through Jamie Vardy. Images from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday.
Imperious Liverpool extended their Premier League home winning streak against Arsenal to six on Saturday with an easy 4-0 victory that lifted them to second in the table.
Here are five talking points from the weekend's Premier League action:
A summary of Sunday's Premier League matches
"Our first half was fantastic, we dominated the game. The second is not easy to explain," a baffled Pochettino told reporters. "No-one would expect this end to the game if you see the first half. "We need to assess and analyse the second half because it is impossible to see the team playing in such a different way."
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
IMAGES from the English Premier League matches played on Sunday
Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri made a winning start to life in the Premier League as his team enjoyed a 3-0 win over Huddersfield Town at the John Smith's Stadium on Saturday.
Rediff.com makes an assessment of the biggest gambles made by the leading Premier League teams this summer.
Rediff.com takes a look at a few other players who shunned champion sides for mediocre clubs in the Premier League.
Football's winter transfer window closed on February 1, and, surprisingly, none of Europe's biggies made even a slight move, let alone sign a player.
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