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title: "Player Ratings: Arsenal 1-0 Newcastle"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Evin Grant"
section: "Feature Writers"
published: "2016-01-02T17:32:51Z"
modified: "2016-01-02T17:32:51Z"
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# Player Ratings: Arsenal 1-0 Newcastle

Steve McClaren’s out-of-form Newcastle side learned the same lesson as they have in the last two weeks – if you don’t put away your chances, you will lose.

After two 1-0 losses against Everton and West Brom, the Magpies took on high-flying Arsenal and actually gave a good account of themselves.

However, the failure to score their chances meant that the experienced Gunners narrowly won 1-0 through a goal from Laurent Koscielny.

Here’s how we rated the players’ displays in the defeat.