There were several spectacular tackles made during Newcastle’s victory over Arsenal on Saturday night, but Joelinton celebrated the biggest one when he made this one on Declan Rice.
The match took place at St. James’ Park and was very violent. The Magpies won 1-0 because of a goal that has generated a lot of controversy. However, there were other dubious occurrences on Saturday night.
Kai Havertz’s terrible tackle that took out Sean Longstaff was the first. Though it very easily could have been red, he earned a yellow.
Then there was the Bruno Guimaraes affair, in which he ought to have been alarmed as well. It was shocking that he got away with it when he slammed his arm into Jorginho’s back of the head.
Both sides were launching tackles, one of which had Joelinton giggling uncontrollably. In the last minute, Jorginho made a careless pass to Declan Rice as Arsenal attempted to draw even. But it was so crooked that Joelinton could have easily stolen it. With lightning speed, the 27-year-old got to the ball first, leathered it off Rice, and out for a throw-in from Toon.
