Alexis Sanchez
scored a brace - including Arsenal's 1,500th Premier League goal - to
give the Gunners a 2-0 win at the Stadium of Light on Saturday
afternoon.
The Chilean international opened the scoring on the half hour in a
tightly-fought fixture after Wes Brown gave the ball away just inside
the Sunderland half, racing through on goal before impudently dinking
the ball home.
After a quiet and at times scrappy opening, the goal gave Arsenal all sorts of belief. But despite Santi Cazorla and Calum Chambers
going close soon after, Arsène Wenger's side were unable to double
their advantage, which given their domination of proceedings, would have
been justified.
Their task was considerably harder after the break - but a resolute
defensive showing snuffed out whatever threat Sunderland could offer.
Arsenal made sure of victory in the dying stages, Alexis capitalising on Vito Mannone's error to chip into the empty net.
This was a tough test for Wenger's men - and one that they overcame with no shortage of character, determination and fight.
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