FT: Arsenal 3-0 Sunderland. Goals by Zubimendi & Gyokeres (2) help Gunners move nine points clear at the top of the Premier League

Goal! Arsenal 3-0 Sunderland. Viktor Gyokeres grabs his second of the afternoon as the Gunners move nine points clear at the top of the Premier League

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Goal! Arsenal 2-0 Sunderland. Viktor Gyokeres thuds the ball home on 66 minutes to double to the lead as the Emirates erupts once again

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63- Trossard wins a foul by cleverly shielding the ball to be bundled over, as Sunderland pressure is relieved with an Arsenal free kick in the Gunners half

Gyokeres and Martinelli replace Jesus and Madueke on the hour mark with Arsenal still 1-0 up vs Sunderland here at the Emirates

Correction it was Gabriel with he tackle not his partner in crime Saliba

52- Havertz fires wide

50 - William Saliba with a last-ditch tackled to take the ball off the Sunderland forward just as he was about to pull the trigger

And we're off for the second half with the score Arsenal 1-0 Sunderland

HT: Arsenal 1-0 Sunderland

The lead was nearly doubled moments later as Jesus raced through before tangling with the Sunderland backline, with the home support appealing for a penalty. VAR was called for, with the technology ruling that the Brazil attacker was marginally offside on the halfway line before running onto goal

Goal! Arsenal 1-0 Sunderland. Martin Zubimendi fires in off the post to put the Gunners ahead in the 42nd minute as the Emirates erupts

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38 - Raya juggles the ball before finally grabbing it from Sunderland's corner - before being unceremoniously blocked by Diarra

37 - Sunderland force a corner after the ball comes off Saliba after Mandava drives at him

33 - Jesus attempts a low drive from the left hand side of the box that Roefs gathers

32 - Leo Trossard earns a corner after his cross is blocked

29 - Declan Rice fires narrowly wide

26 - David Raya gathers from a Sunderland ball into the box and launches an attack which comes to nothing as the tempo rises after a slow start

25 - Williams Saliba is booked for hurling down Sunderland No19 Habib Diarra on the halfway line

The ball is cleared as Arsenal attempt to build once again

Roefs tips the ball away to safety from Madueke's corner for another corner this tome on the other wide which Rice takes

23 - Corner to Arsenal - Madueke to take

22 - Sunderland's Trai Hume slices the ball over his own bar in a bid to clear an Arsenal cross

18 - Madueke dinks the ball into the box but Sunderland keeper Robin Roefs gathers

Regis Le Bris opted for the same Sunderland XI that won 3-0 against Burnley at the Stadium of Light last Monday.

While Kepa, Piero Hincapie, Eberechi Eze, Gabriel Martinelli and Viktor Gyokeres all dropped to the bench.

Bukayo Saka and Martin Odegaard were still missing from the Arsenal squad but Jurrien Timber was fit to start. The Netherlands defender was joined in the starting XI by David Raya, Riccardo Calafiori, Kai Havertz, Leandro Trossard and Gabriel Jesus, as Mikel Arteta made five changes from the midweek League Cup win over Chelsea.

And we're off after a rousing version of North London Forever

Subs: Ellborg, Cirkin, O'Nien, Geertruida, Rigg, Mundle, Isidor, Mayenda, Angulo.

Sunderland: Roefs, Mukiele, Ballard, Alderete, Reinildo, Hume, Le Fee, Sadiki, Talbi, Diarra, Brobbey.

Subs: Kepa, Mosquera, White, Hincapie, Eze, Martinelli, Gyokeres, Norgaard, Lewis-Skelly

Arsenal: Raya, Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori, Rice, Zubimendi, Havertz, Madueke, Jesus, Trossard.

A massive game for the Gunners - win and they move nine points clear ahead of Liverpool vs City on Sunday

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