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Arsenal have won successive Premier League home matches for the first time this season.
Arsenal have equalled their best-ever top-flight winning run against Newcastle – they also won six in a row, December 1976 to December 1984.
Arsenal have won their last six Premier League meetings against Newcastle, and are unbeaten in the last eight.
Santi Cazorla netted on his 30th birthday – he is the first Arsenal player to score a PL goal on his birthday since Yossi Benayoun scored in the 3-3 home draw v Norwich in May 2012.