Source: Telegraph
Arsenal set for double trouble from Sunderland believes Darren Bent
Bent scored the winner when Arsène Wenger's side were beaten 1-0 at the Stadium of Light last November in Sunderland's last league win and he is bullish about the prospects of repeating the trick at the Emirates this weekend despite his club's slump.[LNB]Bent is optimistic that his team can prosper at Arsenal even though Sunderland will be without key midfielders Lee Cattermole and Jordan Henderson in London due to suspension and injury, respectively.[LNB] Related ArticlesVan Persie: no Arsenal departureArsenal and Hull fined over ugly scenes at EmiratesCana: pressure mounting at SunderlandGerrard: Webb 'crazy' not to award Liverpool penPortsmouth 1 Sunderland 1Sport on television'It's a massive game for us and probably a lot of people won't give us much of a chance going to play Arsenal at home,' Bent said as he prepared to face a side whose title aspirations have been revived by a 1-0 win over Liverpool.[LNB]'But if we go and set our stall out like we did at Manchester United earlier in the season (in a 2-2 draw) there's no reason why we can't go there and get something.[LNB]'Barring Chelsea (where Sunderland lost 7-2) we haven't done too badly against the top four. If we show resolve like we have done in the last few weeks we can hold them off and create some chances of our own.'[LNB]Sunderland have now gone 12 games without a win since beating Arsenal on Wearside despite Bent's endeavours that have yielded the former Tottenham striker 16 goals since he left White Hart Lane in a club-record £10-million deal.[LNB]His latest goal came at Portsmouth last week but Sunderland winless streak continued thanks to Aruna Dindane's stoppage-time equaliser.[LNB]'It was so disappointing at Portsmouth to be 1-0 up for so long and then all of a sudden it's 1-1 and you're going home with one point instead of three,' Bent added.[LNB]'It bites on you if you start thinking about the points we've let slip here and there and to be honest we could be far better off.[LNB]'But we will stay positive, keep working hard in training and I'm sure it will come for us.'[LNB]
