Three Things We Learned this week ahead of Arsenal's trip to Newcastle 

Eze scores a goal 14 years in the making, Trossard is the ultimate finisher and Arsenal need to work out how best to support Gyokeres as Newcastle looms

Here are three things from the week that stood out for Ian Mills with his regular series ahead of the tough trip to Newcastle after Eze scored a special goal at Port Vale, as the Gunners booked their place in the Carabao Cup Fourth Round

1 - Eze scores a goal 14 years in the making: 

Eberechi Eze has not stopped smiling since returning to his boyhood club - and after contributing the assist for Gabi Martinelli’s crucial late equaliser last weekend he made an even more telling contribution at Vale Park as he opened the scoring with his first Arsenal goal. Martinelli’s ball into the box was flicked on by Myles Lews-Skelly into Eze’s path and he finished calmly first time.

He could and probably should have had a second before half time yet was thwarted by a smart stop from Gauci in the home side’s goal.

In truth we created very little in the first half and Eze must stay in the team from now on regardless of when Martin Odegaard returns from injury.

Eze was still buzzing when being interviewed after the game and when you have a player who is clearly so happy to play with that glorious cannon on his chest and he happens to be a fantastic attacking talent, we need to harness that to the best possible benefit of this team.

2 - Trossard is the ultimate ‘finisher’:

Leandro Trossard came off the bench to add a well taken second goal late on to add to his strike in Bilbao also after starting as a substitute.

In fact, Trossard is probably the epitome of Mikel Arteta’s ‘finishers’

Of course he wants to start as many games as possible, however his propensity to score goals as an ‘impact sub’ is likely to see him used more from the bench than not this season. He remains the most reliable scorer at the club and whether he starts games or joins then from the bench, give him a chance on goal and he rarely fails to deliver.

3 - Much needed minutes for some and rest for others:

given our starting eleven saw nine changes from the weekend this game more than any other so far this campaign demonstrated the true depth of our squad.

We gave valuable minutes to those players in need of them as well as being able to rest some key members of our squad.

Many Gooners would have been worried to see Bukayo Saka start this game, yet he needed a longer spell on the pitch after his return on Sunday and his planned withdrawal just after an hour will hopefully ensure he starts the game at Newcastle.

The composition of our midfield along with how we best support Viktor Gyokeres to ensure he gets proper service is key to winning in the North East.

We have not scored in our last three visits to Tyneside so the starting line up needs to be the right one and ready to go from the off.