Arsene Wenger described Mesut Ozil's stunning winner against Newcastle United as a "gem" after the Gunners got the victory he believes their performances have merited. Arsenal had failed to win any of their previous three league games but took the lead after 23 minutes on Saturday through a superb Ozil volley from just inside the area. Subsequent chances to put the game away were wasted, leading to a nervy conclusion to the 1-0 triumph as Newcastle spurned opportunities to level. Wenger said: "We have created the chances to be comfortable and in the last five minutes we became a bit edgy. "We didn't make a mistake at the back, you could see that necessity to win was...
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