In Numbers 16, if I recall correctly, it speaks of the earth opening up, swallowing a contingent of hostile visitors, and the earth closing up again.  However, in that instance they had warning.

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1-4 Newcastle:  the ref followed his red card by handing a Newcastle a free touchdown, er, a penalty kick goal.

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2-4 Newcastle:  The Gunners, playing with one man less, unsure of whether to pad their lead, and in total confusion, conceded a rather soft goal ... though with only 15 minutes left in the game to hold their lead.

Arsenal has the 2nd-best midfield in the world, behind Barcelona, and normally if they have a lead they simply start knocking the ball around playing keep-away. 

Why they did not, in this instance, is even more of a mystery than how Diaby's leg was not broken.  Arsenal's passing genius Cesc Fabregas dropped back to his own penalty area playing as a second "holding midfielder" (the equivalent of strong safety in the NFL).

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3-4 Newcastle:  the ref, having put about 500 quid on Newcastle, gave them another penalty goal with 7 minutes left.  The crowd, as you can imagine, was now doing Seahawks fans proud.

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4-4 Newcastle:  Tiote took a ferocious shot from 25 yards out, left foot.  The ball, at about 55-60 mph, swerved madly away from the goalie and screamed just inside the left post.

My son John compared it to a Vlad Guerrero double down the line just past a diving Adrian Beltre.

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So the Gunners go through another week of accusation for "lack of moral fiber," but they get the last laugh:  the only team in front of them, Manchester United, lost to the last team in the standings. 

Arsenal gains ground with the tragedy.

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It'll be a long 8 days,

Dr D