Source: Northern_Echo
Bent's late blast denies Gunners
DARREN BENT did it again at the Stadium of Light this time in the fifth minute of injury-time.[LNB] With Arsenal leading, Bent pounced on a loose ball in the six yard box to power an equaliser beyond Arsenal goalkeeper Manuel Almunia.[LNB] For so long it didn't look like being an energetic Sunderland's day.[LNB] Gunners boss Arsene Wenger was complaining for one reason or another, but in the end Arsenal's luck finally ran out on Wearside.[LNB] It had looked for so long that the Gunners would climb to the top of the Premier League courtesy of a freak opener.[LNB] But then Bent, in the fifth minute of injury-time, struck.[LNB] It should have been worse for a tired looking Gunners, who had taken the lead when Anton Ferdinand's attempted clearance bounced off Cesc Fabregas and looped beyond Sunderland keeper Simon Mignolet 13 minutes in.[LNB] Arsenal had been fortunate to stay in front for so long.[LNB] After losing Fabregas with a knee injury picked up scoring the opener, they then lost Alex Song for a stupid double booking sending-off.[LNB] Even after Song's dismissal 35 minutes from time, Tomas Rosicky comically fired a penalty high over the bar.[LNB] Arsenal rode their luck and looked to have survived when Bent arrived in the six yard box to power beyond Almunia.[LNB] SUNDERLAND (4-2-3-1): Mignolet; Onuoha (Zenden 76),Bramble, Ferdinand, Richardson; Riveros (Gyan 64), Henderson; Elmohamady, Malbranque (Reid 86), Welbeck; Bent. Subs: Carson (gk), Bardsley, Colback, Da Silva.[LNB] ARSENAL (4-3-2-1): Almunia; Sagna, Koscielny, Squillaci, Clichy; Nasri, Song, Wilshere; Fabregas (Rosicky 29), Arshavin (Denilson 58); Chamakh. Subs: Fabianski (gk), Gibbs, Djourou, Eboue, Vela.[LNB]
