Gary Neville believes there are striking similarities between the way Arsenal lost to Newcastle on Monday night and Manchester United’s Europa League final defeat last year. The Gunners handed North London rivals Tottenham the advantage in the race for the final Champions League place at St James’ Park with just one game of the season left. They were comfortably beaten 2-0 by the Magpies in an astonishingly poor performance by Mikel Arteta ’s side – especially given the importance of the occasion. Arsenal were second best from the get-go, and Newcastle looked like the side that had everything to play for rather than, realistically, very little. And ex-United star Neville was quick...
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