Former Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang helped Marseille come from behind to beat Newcastle United on Tuesday evening, scoring a brace to maintain up his sturdy begin to the season.
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Former Gunner had the chance to assist out his previous membership Arsenal on Tuesday, enjoying for Marseille in opposition to Newcastle United.
A Newcastle win might have taken the workforce above Arsenal within the desk, albeit with the Gunners having a recreation in hand. And it initially regarded as if they could obtain that win after gave them an early lead.
However Aubameyang was a relentless menace pushing to get Marseille again into the sport, with the most effective three possibilities of the primary half falling his method. Although he missed two and noticed one other saved, there have been extra alternatives to return after the break.
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Within the forty sixth minute, Aubameyang rounded earlier than firing in an equaliser from a really tight angle. The striker struck once more 4 minutes later, poking in on the close to publish for 2-1 and his sixteenth purpose contribution in 16 matches in 2025/26.
That’s how the sport ended, and Aubameyang was clearly happy when chatting with the media afterwards.
“I’m very completely satisfied,” Aubameyang . “I’m completely satisfied to be right here on this membership, to get pleasure from moments like this, like tonight. It was a fantastic recreation. We began a bit sloppy, I’ll say, however then I believe we reacted nicely. It was vital to win tonight.
“Hopefully so much (extra targets to return). I’m feeling nice, even when I’m 36. Once you reside these type of video games, after all you need to play extra and rating extra.”
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Due to Marseille’s win and Manchester Metropolis’s defeat to Bayer Leverkusen, Arsenal will go into Wednesday’s recreation in opposition to Bayern Munich with the possibility to go 5 factors away from Metropolis, and 6 away from Newcastle.
That may be nice information for the Gunners, with their Premier League rivals compelled to focus extra on their remaining European matches than aspect would seemingly need to.
Nevertheless it’s not going to be a simple recreation on Wednesday, up in opposition to the present Champions League leaders. Arsenal must be at their finest to get these three factors.