Mikel Arteta was booked in the course of the first half as Arsenal struggled to interrupt down Sunderland within the Premier League on the Stadium of Mild on Saturday.
Fourth official Elliot Bell spoke to referee John Brooks earlier than Arteta, who is thought for stepping outdoors of his technical space, was cautioned for the offence.
“Mikel Arteta says ‘effectively, I’m going to write down a notice about you as effectively’, former England ahead Dean Ashton advised TalkSport.
“However John Brooks has dished out a yellow card. The embarrassment’s terrific isn’t it, for Arteta?”
Mikel Arteta receives a yellow card for stepping out of the technical space 😅
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Sunderland staff vs Arsenal
Sunderland had been unchanged from their 1-1 draw at Brentford per week earlier.
Sunderland beginning XI: Roefs, Mandava, Ballard, Danso, Mukiele, Sadiki, Xhaka, Angulo, Le Fée, Meunier, Brobbey
Sunderland substitutes: Ellborg, Hume, O’Nien, Alderete, Methalie, Talbi, Rigg, Fofana, Isidor.
Arsenal staff vs Sunderland
Arsenal made 4 modifications from their 1-0 win at Napoli three days earlier, bringing in Kai Havertz, Christos Tzolis, Riccardo Calafiori and Myles Lewis-Skelly.
Arsenal beginning XI: David Raya, Riccardo Calafiori, Gabriel, Ezri Konsa, Ben White, Myles Lewis-Skelly, Declan Rice, Christos Tzolis, Martin Odegaard, Bukayo Saka, Kai Havertz
Arsenal substitutes: Kepa Arrizabalaga, Piero Hincapie, Jurrien Timber, Martin Zubimendi, Mikel Merino, Bruno Guimaraes, Eberechi Eze, Noni Madueke, Viktor Gyokeres
The place to observe Sunderland v Arsenal: TV channel, stay on-line streams
Kick-off on Saturday was at 20:00 BST (15:00 ET / 12:00 PT). Reside TV protection within the UK is on TNT Sports activities 1.
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Sunderland v Arsenal stats, Premier League kind
- Sunderland have received one in all their final 29 Premier League conferences with Arsenal (D10 L18) and are winless in 17 (D6 L11) since a 1-0 residence victory in November 2009 by Darren Bent’s objective
- At residence in opposition to Arsenal within the league, Sunderland have one win of their final 14 matches (D5 L8), struggling defeats in 5 of their final seven (D2), though this precise fixture completed 2-2 final season
- All 4 of the Black Cats’ residence wins in opposition to reigning Premier League champions have been in opposition to totally different groups (Man Utd 1996/97, Man Metropolis 2012/13, Chelsea 2015/16, Leicester 2016/17)
- They’ve received their final two Premier League residence video games – in opposition to London sides Chelsea and Fulham – and final prevailed in three in a row on the Stadium of Mild in January/February 2012, all in opposition to Metropolis sides (Manchester, Swansea, Norwich)
- Granit Xhaka leads all Sunderland gamers within the Premier League this season for touches (243) and probabilities created (7)
- The playmaker can also be prime among the many squad for passes performed into the field (26), fouls received (8) and profitable passes (163)
- That is the second Premier League marketing campaign through which Arsenal have confronted Sunderland as reigning champions, beforehand beating them 3-1 at residence and 4-0 away in 2002/03.
- Arsenal want to win every of their first 4 video games in a top-flight season for the sixth time of their historical past
- They proceeded to win the league the primary 3 times they did so (1930/31, 1947/48, 2003/04) and have completed second after the final two events (2004/05, 2022/23)
- The Gunners have the bottom anticipated targets whole in opposition to of any aspect within the Premier League this season (0.93), whereas solely Sunderland (5) have confronted fewer photographs heading in the right direction than them (6)
- Kai Havertz has lined extra distance than another striker within the Premier League this season (32.9 km), with solely Gonzalo Garcia (52) making extra sprints amongst forwards than the German (50)
- Solely Chelsea’s Morgan Rogers (9) has created extra probabilities in open play than Arsenal’s Christos Tzolis (8) within the Premier League this season, with the Greece winger offering his first help of the season final day out in opposition to Chelsea
