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Welcome to our LIVE coverage of Arsenal v Sunderland. Kick off is at 3.00pm.

Premier League / Matchday 29
Emirates Stadium / 05.03.2011
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Toby Keel

Updated 05/03/2011 at 16:54 GMT


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The final whistle goes, and Sunderland have claimed a hard-earned point that has put a real dent in Arsenal's title challenge!
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The corner goes all the way over the box and is sent back in for Koscielny... The header is glanced wide!
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Rosicky's cross is met by Bendtner's header... The effort is tame and Mignolet is off his line to gather it up! Arshavin's cross is blocked by Ferdinand. surely Arsenal's last chance.
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Jack Colback (who replaced Henderson on 87 minutes) is booked for a foul on Wilshere.
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The emirates crowd is roaring the home team on now. Mensah's header away drops for Arshavin, who tries to nod it to chamakh, but the morrocan was in an offside position.
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Wilshere gets in behind and plays a dangerous ball across the box but Bramble clears it! The wasn;t a red shirt within five yards of him!
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Four minutes of added time are signalled by the fourth official.
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Arshavin one-on-one with Mignolet and he puts the ball in the net! It won't count, the offside flag is up! The Russian was ONSIDE when the ball was played! arsenal robbed a perfectly decent goal there! How important will that be in the final title reckoning?
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Al-Muhamadi's corner comes to Sessegnon on the edgeof the box... The Frenchman's volley is slashed high and wide.
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From the corner Henderson's strike rebounds off the keeper and Bramble fires over the bar! Arsenal survive. Nasri goes into the referee's book for a foul. Arsenal's composure beginning to dissipate as sunderland win another corner.
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Sessegnon beats Clichy down the wing and picks out Welbeck. The forward brings the ball down with a great first touch and fires a quality strike on the turn that's bound for the bottom corner... Tipped round the post by Szczesny! An excellent save from the Polish keeper!
83'
The short corner routine doesn't bear fruit, but Sunderland retain possession.
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Richardson floats the ball into box and it yields a corner. Can the Black Cats claim a smash and grab win?
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Koscielny goes into the book now for a foul which gives Sunderland a decent dead-ball opportunity.
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Wilshere is back on his feet as Sunderland are being pinned back. Sessegnon's attempted counter breaks down and Arsenal counter with Arshavin. The Russian latches on to Nasri's pass and fires wide after Bramble had given him a shove in the back! Genuine shout for a penalty there, but the referee gives nothing!
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Wilshere is down on the ground but play continues with the Gunners attacking.
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Sunderland substitution: Ahmed Al-Muhamadi replaces Gyan.
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Arsenal substitution: Tomas Rosicky replaces Diaby. The Czech had been waiting since before Nasri's free-kick to join the match!
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The Gunners maintain the pressure and lay siege to the Sunderland area for a full minute, but eventually Sunderland clear after Wilshere's floated pass.