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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Simon Bird

Sunderland end Arsenal’s winning run – and show the rest of the Premier League how to stop them

Brian Brobbey celebrates scoring the second goal for Sunderland - (Action Images via Reuters)

Have the Premier League’s newly arrived disruptors unlocked a way of disrupting Arsenal’s title charge?

The evidence from the chaos at a raucous Stadium of Light suggests a case for that theory, and a sliver of reassurance for Mikel Arteta amid the frustration. Faced with the disciplined, athletic, spirited red and white wall of Sunderland, Arsenal wobbled, then conjured a forceful second half revival, but ultimately wilted.

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