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Giroud's 1st Arsenal goals of season add to Sunderland woes

Oct 30 2016

Sunderland manager David Moyes felt the scoreline was harsh on his side after Saturday's 4-1 Premier League defeat to Arsenal at the Stadium of Light.

After the break Arsenal had a scare when Jermain Defoe sent Duncan Watmore through, but the forward opted to cross instead of shoot, allowing the Gunners to clear.

However, Sanchez put Arsenal ahead in the 19th minute when he got ahead of Lamine Kone to head home Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain's cross.

The France worldwide struck twice within five minutes after being introduced as a 69th-minute substitute to kill off hopes of a Black Cats' fightback after Jermain Defoe had cancelled out Alexis Sanchez's first-half opener from the penalty spot.

Given that Sunderland have failed to win a league game since May, a much angrier response could have been anticipated as Arsenal scored three goals in seven humiliating seven-half minutes. And our spirit. We missed many chances and at 1-1 we had a chance to lose a game that should have been over.

He told reporters: "The message is the players are giving everything they can". Substitutes: Olivier Giroud (Iwobi, 69) 8, Ainsley Maitland-Niles (Coquelin, 89) 6 Who's up next?

"He's strong and every time he's questioned, he gives you the right answer on the pitch".

'Sanchez is doing extremely well.

"The ball was a bit short or a bit long, I was even anxious we could lose the game".

Nevertheless, with Aaron Ramsey, Granit Xhaka and Santi Cazorla all contending for a place in midfield, we will watch with interest how Wenger tries to accommodate so many top class players in his team.

Olivier adds to that five minutes later with his following touch of the football, with an outrageous headed effort which somehow finds its way into the goal.

"We're disappointed to have lost four goals". How could we hang in the game as long as we could and try to have a chance of winning it late on or getting something from it?


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