Arsenal suffered a disappointing 2-0 home defeat to Newcastle in the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final with an FA Cup clash against Manchester United up next

Arsenal’s hopes of signing Alexander Isak have been dealt a blow despite Newcastle seemingly needing to offload players this month. Isak enhanced his already growing reputation this week by scoring at the Emirates on Tuesday, as the Magpies secured a 2-0 first leg lead in their Carabao Cup semi-final.

Alexander Isaks match-winning display for Newcastle at the Emirates Stadium showed what Mikel Arteta lacks; Gunners have also been linked with Wolves striker Matheus Cunha and Brentfords Bryan Mbeumo

Alexander Isak with a simple message to those Arsenal fans, declaring ‘It is part of the game, we all play on the edge. It was nothing.’ Alexander Isak loving the fact that Newcastle United have now made it seven wins in a row, reflecting on Tuesday night’s win at the Emirates:

In between those two moments, to make it worse for Mikel Arteta, Arsenal missed even more chances while Anthony Gordon took one for Newcastle. That was another goal largely against the run of play, and another where Isak’s ability to take the ball and move with it while evading challenges with pure smoothness was so glorious.

If ever there was a game that made it abundantly clear what Arsenal need to do in the transfer market between now and the end of the month it was the one we witnessed against Newcastle last night.On

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Alan Shearer has told Arsenal to forget about signing Alexander Isak even if they meet Newcastle United £150 million transfer valuation. The Sweden international has been coveted by the Gunners in the past with interest dating back to his time at Real Sociedad.