Goals from Nicklas Bendtner, Abou Diaby and Samir Nasri earned Arsenal a 3-1 victory over struggling Newcastle at St James' Park on Saturday.
The Gunners establish a 3-1 lead, and there was little he or anyone else in a black and white shirt could do about it. It might have been different had Obafemi Martins converted a 23rd-minute penalty - which Owen would have taken had he started - but Manuel Almunia kept out his spot-kick to provide the platform for a clinical second-half display.
Bendtner opened the scoring with a 57th-minute header, but Martins levelled within seconds to give his side hope.
However, goals from Diaby and Nasri within a devastating three-minute period wrapped up a win which saw the Gunners close the gap to Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool, and at the same time, keep Newcastle entrenched in the relegation mire.
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