"To win in the manner that we have done, what a feeling! Football is about emotion and going through things, and today we had a beautiful one at the end of the match. The way we played and performed and competed; the chances we generated, we deserved to win. We did it in a dramatic way, but we deserved to win."
"That is how you get to a different level, by going through those moments and taking the lessons from it. It was a massive opportunity to make a statement and to prove to everybody and ourselves the team that we are. [It is a statement win] for ourselves, because they are a terrific team and they are so difficult to play against."
Arsenal trailed 1-0 after 84 minutes at St James' Park following Nick Woltemade's first-half header. Mikel Merino levelled from a set-piece and Gabriel Magalhaes headed a winner in the sixth minute of stoppage time. The turnaround was the club's second-latest comeback from a trailing position in the Premier League and produced the second-latest away winning goal on record. The team displayed clear set-piece execution, character and determination, having also scored a stoppage-time equaliser against Manchester City the previous weekend. The performance reinforced Arsenal's consistency, quality and ability to find late solutions in difficult venues.
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