00:00So welcome inside the Emirates Stadium where there is a lot less tension in the air than the
00:05last time Arsenal played here in the Premier League when they suffered their first home
00:08defeat of the season against Manchester United a fortnight ago. It has been a magnificent week
00:14for Mikel Arteta's side which started with a comprehensive win at Ellen Road last weekend
00:20before reaching the final of the Carabao Cup after they saw off Chelsea here in midweek.
00:25A chance to move nine points clear at the top of the Premier League for Arsenal here at the Emirates
00:31this afternoon in a week which saw Mikel Arteta's side break their semi-final hoodoo and reach a cup
00:38final for the first time in six years. Well Mikel Arteta called for the best atmosphere of the season
00:44here at the Emirates today and as you just heard the Arsenal crowd very much up for this meeting with
00:50Sunderland six points clear at the top of the Premier League the opportunity to take an iron
00:56grip and extend that lead to nine of course the opportunity again as last weekend of playing
01:02before Manchester City we'll have that big game at Anfield tomorrow well the opportunity here for
01:07Arsenal lacrosse clipped in in the header
01:15flighted forwards and Graeja has a long look at it he doesn't get there Brobby looking to pounce
01:20and he's so nearly made the most of that situation and he's trying to claim it with two hands but
01:25he gets the ball but as he comes down it gets bumped out of his hands by Ballard's head but
01:31just watch
01:32Kai Havertz here the moment the goalkeeper drops it that reaction to get back in is brilliant
01:37based up by Trey Hulme but he skips past him so easily the cross comes in
01:42clipped away but only as far as Madueke now can he pick somebody out here he clips it in it's
01:48nice and straightforward for Robin Roofs yeah it's just where his quality needs to be a little bit
01:53better there Madueke good play from Trossard gets that half yard dinks it in
01:59Sunderland with players in the box Ronaldo nice and tucked in but this moment here
02:02that ball there has to be better it's got to be cut back and
02:08Madueke
02:10delivery of death and that could have gone anywhere off Trey Hulme huge relief for him as that one goes
02:17behind for a moment there we're going to see a top corner finish here from Trey Hulme that could easily
02:25go
02:25in the back then that is a proper miscue decent ball in from Madueke nice flight on the cross
02:31of course without Granit Xhaka
02:37Trey Hulme whips in the free kick testing delivery ball bouncing around David Raya comes out in claims
02:43but they're posing problems from those situations Matt good on him magnificent by a Leverkusen team and he'll
02:50representing Switzerland all being well in the summer of the world cup at the seventh major tournament
02:54Bryce is going to let fly and he wasn't too far away well we've seen him hit some worldies before
03:00haven't we and he took it upon himself to have a go there i'm keen to see how close this
03:05was i thought
03:05it was in from my position he strikes it beautifully fizzes past the upright this is a great angle oh
03:12not far
03:13swept out to find Gabriel Jesus Gabriel waiting in the middle Jesus just comes one towards goal
03:20Robin Roofs had to make sure that that one didn't get away from him
03:25Summerland have come here to be dogged and determined and to frustrate Arsenal and the plan
03:30is working so far this afternoon
03:35Trosser
03:36touched the cross and a chance to strike from the edge of the box and Arsenal do have their breakthrough
03:42and just like last week at Ellen Road it is Martin Zubamendi who sets Arsenal on their way
03:50Sunderland's resistance broken
03:52and Arsenal find a way and it was a sumptuous strike as well from Martin Zubamendi who grabs
04:00his fifth Premier League goal of the season
04:04well that's a big goal
04:06huge goal for Arsenal in a game that was proven very challenging
04:13I said about finding something a little bit special well here it is
04:18lets the ball roll across his body and that is such a controlled hit from Zubamendi
04:24he doesn't just lash it that's real control and guiding that ball into the near post is absolutely
04:31inch perfect it had to be to beat a goalkeeper in the form of Roofs off the near side post
04:39into the far corner
04:40he's away in front here at the Emirates
04:43now seeking a seconding
04:45no time at all Gabriel Jesus is away can he finish he looks to go around
04:50Robin Roofs balance in with the challenge
04:52referee points to the spot but now the offside flag goes up
04:57well it looked as if it would be close
05:00and Sunderland have a reprieve a penalty initially awarded but up goes the assistance flag
05:06yeah it felt offside i mean here's a good good shout the lean there Gabriel Jesus right shoulder
05:14i mean it's obviously all going to be checked but
05:17from that freeze frame it does look like he's marginally offside
05:22and then it does go a bit wrong for Sunderland i mean Ballard there
05:26again gets Arsenal on to the front foot Havertz being roared forward by the Emirates crowd
05:32two players ahead of him but he's still advancing here
05:35Havertz
05:36just the wrong side of the post
05:40well Sunderland almost tempted him to have a go he took it on but he couldn't quite find the target
05:45well the reaction of Havertz tells me this is close i mean it opens up i think he's bang on
05:51to take it on
05:53Madowiecki's wide stretches the defenders and of the Arsenal defender
05:58you have a look at Mukiel here i think it's Zubamendi with him and he's
06:03he's got his back to the ball been spun the wrong way it's not the best
06:06looking to turn knew he had to move it on quickly here's Siddiqui
06:11strike comes in first time clawed out by David Rea
06:15the pressure on Gabriel there just bumps the ball into midfield and Calafiori read it really well
06:20just gets away from Kai Havertz and referee allowing the game to go on here here's Tross up
06:27trying to just cross his way through Havertz with the attempt puts it some way wide in the end and
06:33there this is that earlier moment with the long ball where i feel Talby you're good to see it from
06:38this angle he could just cut across there but he has that one eye on David Rea who's coming out
06:43fully i can understand why he does pull out you're going to get
06:45just a hot one in to Enzo Lefei really bright imaginative play from him to fight shooting good
06:50push through and vital intervention there to cut that out from Zubamendi he got it through but quite
07:10well he's only been on the pitch for five and a half minutes Victor Jocheres
07:14well it just felt like the slowest build-up ever the ball over on this left-hand side for an
07:19eternity
07:20but when this turns over there's a Sunderland player so deep here can't get up i think it's Hulme
07:27and what a improvisation from Jocheres the touch is a little bit heavy i mean it's disappointing
07:34defensively from Alderata here doesn't really step into the ball it's quite a low corner count for
07:40Arsenal isn't it for a game normally a bit higher than that Eza looking for the far corner just drags
07:46his effort wide to the campaign Nicaela Teta's team i mean it would be some achievement not
07:51winning a trophy for how many years now and then all of a sudden four come along at once
07:56here's Eza as they look for a third goal he goes down inside the box a few looks towards the
08:01referee
08:05Whipped in by Angulo towards the back post the header down just clips on top of the roof of the
08:11net
08:20when he left West Ham he had his pick of top teams and he wanted to come to Arsenal and
08:25be part of the club that would go on to win plenty of trophies Arsenal now looking to wrap it
08:30up in
08:31style Gabriel Martinelli bearing down on goal he rolls it to Jocheres
08:38Arsenal finish the day in style a second for Victor Jocheres they are motoring at the top of the
08:46Premier League stop them if you can the assistants not up with plays not able to call that
08:53and it's just been confirmed as goal from VAR and Jocheres will not get a simpler finish but a
09:00brilliant afternoon for him coming off the bench and getting two goals now for Sunderland
09:05just haven't been able to match Arsenal here this afternoon and it might not be over Eza he's on one
09:11of those runs threads it across to find Martinelli who checks back still Martinelli looking for the
09:17pirouette inside the penalty area just doesn't quite work out for him
09:24and again the afternoon could still get better for the Martinelli going for goal straight at Robin Roofs
09:37convincing and comprehensive from Mikel Arteta's Arsenal who open up a nine-point lead at the top of the
09:47Premier League they are going to take some stopping they now have an iron grip on this title race over
09:55to
09:55Manchester City who have the challenge of Liverpool at Anfield tomorrow Victor Jocheres
10:00brought off the bench on the hour mark and he struck it twice to see Arsenal cruise home to victory
10:09Martin Zubomendi setting Arsenal on their way for a second successive Saturday with a wonderful finish from
10:16distance Sunderland offered resistance they threatened to get back into this game but they were overpowered
10:23by an Arsenal side who win this one here this afternoon by three goals to nil
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