At the Stadium of Light, Dan Ballard put high-flying Sunderland in front after 36 minutes, the first time Arsenal’s defence had been breached in nine matches. But Arsenal looked poised for an 11th straight win after Bukayo Saka and Leandro Trossard, with an unstoppable shot past Robin Roefs, overturned the home side’s lead. Brian Brobbey, however, struck in the 94th minute with great athleticism in volleying past David Raya from close range to deny the leaders three points and send the crowd into raptures.
Ballard said the draw, which leaves Sunderland in a lofty fourth spot on 19 points, felt like a win. “I’d say so, it’s a good morale boost to show we can go against a really top team – probably one of the best in Europe at the minute – and delighted with that,” he told the BBC. “But it is just one point and we’ve got a lot of work to do to achieve our goal of staying up this year.” This Sets up Man City Vs Liverpool tonight as an even bigger clash knowing either team could gain 2 points on Arsenal, a draw would be the least preferable result for either team. (Reuters)