Football
Arsenal vs Sunderland. Premier League.
3:00pm, Saturday 22nd February 2014.
Emirates StadiumAttendance: Attendance60,012.
Match ends, Arsenal 4, Sunderland 1.
Second Half ends, Arsenal 4, Sunderland 1.
Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Phil Bardsley.
Foul by Mikel Arteta (Arsenal).
Jack Colback (Sunderland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Marcos Alonso (Sunderland).
Attempt missed. Ignacio Scocco (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Marcos Alonso.
Attempt saved. Serge Gnabry (Arsenal) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mikel Arteta.
Mikel Arteta (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Ignacio Scocco (Sunderland).
Offside, Sunderland. Fabio Borini is caught offside.
Goal! Arsenal 4, Sunderland 1. Emanuele Giaccherini (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner following a set piece situation.
Foul by Olivier Giroud (Arsenal).
Sebastian Larsson (Sunderland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. Sebastian Larsson (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right from a direct free kick.
Foul by Carl Jenkinson (Arsenal).
Emanuele Giaccherini (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt blocked. Emanuele Giaccherini (Sunderland) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Serge Gnabry (Arsenal) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jack Wilshere with a through ball.
Substitution, Arsenal. Serge Gnabry replaces Tomas Rosicky.
Substitution, Sunderland. Ignacio Scocco replaces Ki Sung-Yueng.
Jack Wilshere (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Sebastian Larsson (Sunderland).
Attempt saved. Ki Sung-Yueng (Sunderland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sebastian Larsson with a headed pass.
Jack Colback (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitution, Arsenal. Mathieu Flamini replaces Laurent Koscielny because of an injury.
Delay in match because of an injury Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal).
Offside, Sunderland. Phil Bardsley is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Marcos Alonso (Sunderland) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Sebastian Larsson with a cross following a set piece situation.
Foul by Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal).
Fabio Borini (Sunderland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by John O'Shea (Sunderland).
Goal! Arsenal 4, Sunderland 0. Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Santi Cazorla with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Santiago Vergini.
Emanuele Giaccherini (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Emanuele Giaccherini (Sunderland).
Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Laurent Koscielny.
Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Wojciech Szczesny.
Attempt saved. Fabio Borini (Sunderland) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Sebastian Larsson.
Foul by Jack Wilshere (Arsenal).
Santiago Vergini (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Santi Cazorla (Arsenal).
Marcos Alonso (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Arsenal. Carl Jenkinson replaces Nacho Monreal.
Substitution, Sunderland. Sebastian Larsson replaces Adam Johnson.
Second Half begins Arsenal 3, Sunderland 0.
Substitution, Sunderland. Emanuele Giaccherini replaces Jozy Altidore.
First Half ends, Arsenal 3, Sunderland 0.
Goal! Arsenal 3, Sunderland 0. Tomas Rosicky (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Olivier Giroud with a through ball.
Marcos Alonso (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Jack Wilshere (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt blocked. Lukas Podolski (Arsenal) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mikel Arteta.
Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Santiago Vergini (Sunderland).
Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Jack Colback.
Attempt blocked. Bacary Sagna (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jack Wilshere.
Goal! Arsenal 2, Sunderland 0. Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner.
Attempt saved. Tomas Rosicky (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nacho Monreal.
Foul by Tomas Rosicky (Arsenal).
Marcos Alonso (Sunderland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Per Mertesacker (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Santi Cazorla with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Vito Mannone.
Attempt saved. Lukas Podolski (Arsenal) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Jack Wilshere.
Delay in match because of an injury Fabio Borini (Sunderland).
Attempt saved. Santi Cazorla (Arsenal) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Tomas Rosicky.
Santi Cazorla (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Fabio Borini (Sunderland).
Goal! Arsenal 1, Sunderland 0. Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
