{"id":263041,"date":"2016-10-29T13:51:39","date_gmt":"2016-10-29T13:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=263041"},"modified":"2016-10-29T13:51:39","modified_gmt":"2016-10-29T13:51:39","slug":"sunderland-1-4-arsenal-late-7-minute-blitz-floors-moyes-black-cats-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/10\/sunderland-1-4-arsenal-late-7-minute-blitz-floors-moyes-black-cats-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunderland 1-4 Arsenal: Late 7-minute blitz floors Moyes’ Black Cats [Photos]"},"content":{"rendered":"

A stunning seven-minute spell of football saw Arsenal dispatch Sunderland 4-1 at the Stadium of Light.<\/p>\n

The Gunners had looked lazy in the second period having gone ahead through Alexis Sanchez\u2019s first-half strike, allowing their hosts to equalise\u00a0from the penalty spot.<\/p>\n

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It turned out Jermain Defoe\u2019s spot-kick was exactly what Arsene Wenger\u2019s men needed to spark them into life, with substitute Olivier Giroud grabbing a brace and Sanchez notching another to put the match to bed, leaving Sunderland fans \u2013 and David Moyes \u2013 looking devastated, as\u00a0relegation now looks\u00a0a real possibility.<\/p>\n

Under pressure from the off,\u00a0the Black Cats barely made a foray forward, as Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Mesut Ozil and Sanchez all troubled Jordan Pickford with strikes.<\/p>\n

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And it was the latter who eventually broke the deadlock with 19 minutes on the clock, beating Lamine Kone in the air with a smartly-timed run, nodding the ball past the Sunderland goalkeeper from Oxlade-Chamberlain\u2019s cross, while the superb passing play prior to the assist was also a striking sight in full flow.<\/p>\n

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Moyes\u2019 struggling side nearly gave the perfect retort, as a Patrick van Aanholt free-kick had Petr Cech scrambling to cover his goal, but it was soon the Gunners on the front foot again with Sanchez a constant and impish presence.<\/p>\n

Sunderland didn\u2019t look toothless in a pacey first-half, with Defoe a lurking menace as Duncan Watmore and Wahbi Khazri attempted to feed the ball through to the instinctive striker, but they lacked real quality elsewhere across the pitch and seem set for a long struggle against relegation.
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A stunning lobbed ball to Ozil should have resulted in a second for Arsenal but, with Pickford off his line, the German failed to lift his shot above the young Englishman.<\/p>\n

To make Moyes\u2019 afternoon worse, John O\u2019Shea was forced off through injury, while Khazri, Didier Ndong, and Steven Pienaar were all cautioned as they attempted to stop their opponents\u2019 drives forward.<\/p>\n

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As the second period wore on, Arsenal appeared to lose focus allowing Ndong, Watmore and Defoe chances, although none of them truly troubled Petr Cech.<\/p>\n

Sanchez was furious on the hour-mark, as Martin Atkinson waved play on when he went down under a challenge inside the penalty area.<\/p>\n

And the Gunners were left ruing the drop in their performance moments later as Cech felled a scampering Watmore in the box, allowing Defoe to slam home an equaliser from the spot.<\/p>\n

Scoring, though, was the worst thing Sunderland could have done, raising the Gunners from their slumber, and\u00a0it was forgotten man Giroud who did the damage.<\/p>\n

First, just two minutes after replacing Alex Iwobi, he hooked an Oxlade-Chamberlain cross beyond the reach of Pickford, before a flick header from an Ozil corner made the score 3-1.<\/p>\n

Then, to round off a stunning seven minute spell, Sanchez was able to clip a shot home from inside the six-yard box after Sunderland failed to clear their lines.<\/p>\n

Supporters at the Stadium of Light looked stunned by the scoring spree, while Moyes sat motionless on the touchline. He will know his team face a real battle to avoid dropping into the Championship.<\/p>\n

Wenger meanwhile, will be delighted his side were able to respond with such gusto to an equaliser which threatened to derail their hopes of victory, especially ahead of a Champions League clash with Ludogorets on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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Source: TalkSport<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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