James McFadden's injury-time penalty earned a 2-2 draw for Birmingham against leaders Arsenal in a game which was overshadowed by a horrific injury to the Gunners' Eduardo.The striker suffered a broken leg in the third minute of the lunchtime kick-off at St Andrews after a mistimed tackle by Martin Taylor, who was sent off.McFadden opened the scoring just before the half-hour mark with a 20-yard free-kick, before two goals in five minutes early in the second half from Theo Walcott – his first in the Premier League – put the Gunners in command.But Scotland international McFadden's late spot-kick, after Gael Clichy had brought down Stuart Parnaby, denied Arsene Wenger's men the chance to go eight points clear at the top.
Wayne Rooney revealed that Arsenal’s surprise draw at Birmingham gave United extra motivation to beat Newcastle.
The striker scored two of the Reds’ five goals in a superb win at St James’ Park which closed the gap on the Gunners at the top to three points.
“We saw the Arsenal result before we played and that made us want to win even more, if that's possible,” Rooney told Setanta Sports.
“We knew we had to go out there and get three points, nothing less.
“Now we have to keep working hard and winning to try and overtake Arsenal and hopefully stay there until the end of the season.”
The striker scored two of the Reds’ five goals in a superb win at St James’ Park which closed the gap on the Gunners at the top to three points.
“We saw the Arsenal result before we played and that made us want to win even more, if that's possible,” Rooney told Setanta Sports.
“We knew we had to go out there and get three points, nothing less.
“Now we have to keep working hard and winning to try and overtake Arsenal and hopefully stay there until the end of the season.”
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