Arsenal legend Ian Wright has admitted he feared history would repeat itself as his former club returned to winning ways by beating Leeds United 4-2 at the Emirates Stadium.
Mikel Arteta's side were 4-0 up and in cruise control after 47 minutes on Sunday afternoon thanks to Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's hat-trick - his first-ever in the Premier League - and a rare goal from Hector Bellerin.
However, the visitors threatened to stage an unlikely comeback as Pascal Struijk and Helder Costa reduced the deficit with just over 20 minutes left to play in north London.
Surrendering a 4-0 lead is something Arsenal have done in the past - in fact just over a decade ago to the date they let that margin of a lead slip away at Newcastle United.
And Wright had flashbacks of what happened at St James' Park when Patrick Bamford went down in the penalty box, fearing what may have happened if Leeds got back to within a goal of the Gunners.
"If they get this it’s 4-3 and I’m getting real Newcastle vibes in my head," Wright said on Match of the Day 2. "Once it goes through, he gets impeded, it would be a foul outside the box.
"I thought they’d give it and I think Leeds can feel hard done to because he gets sandwiched out."
Ultimately, the Gunners didn't concede again as they ended a three-game winless run in the Premier League and Wright explained how Arteta's side got the better of Leeds.
"They’ve (Leeds) got this man-to-man marking system but Arsenal were brilliant," he added. "The movement of their forwards, the way they moved them around and the intensity of closing down, it’s where Leeds came unstuck.
"There was great movement, Saka, Odegaard, it gave them space to take on defenders. I wondered if they would change it (man-to-man) but they didn’t.
"When they scored 4-1 then 4-2, I panicked. They had a penalty shout which was a good one (Bamford).
"They all went to play, Saka, Odegaard, Smith Rowe and when Aubameyang gets out into space, for him to run at the right-back, it’s big trouble."
