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Sunderland manager Steve Bruce's thoughts:
"I have got the utmost respect for these managers who have been there and done it and still have the same hunger and desire as when they walked into the job. Arsene Wenger came along as one of the first foreign managers in our country and everybody thought, 'He's that good, we will go and get one because they are all like him'.
"He has proved the point that they are not. I have got nothing but respect for him, the way he plays the game, the way he keeps finding players. He must put in hours and hours of research before he unearths the players he has. Considering the sums of money he spends compared to most, he does a remarkable job to keep getting Arsenal into the Champions League."
Prediction
Sunderland away is always a tricky game. You know that the fans up north always get behind their team and this will be a hard game. Probably a completely different game to the Braga game. In Bent and Gyan, Bruce has two good strikers who are a threat against anyone.
They are like a better version of Wigan, the ability to lose to West Brom but then beat Man City and Tottenham. Arsenal have to be weary and be fully focused on this game. Any dropped points here would be seen as failure.
I think Arsenal will just sneak it with the confidence being so high right now. Despite the injuries, Arsenal to leave with three points.
Sunderland 1-2 Arsenal
---------Almunia-------------
Sagna--Squil-Kosc--Clichy
-----------Song-----------------
----Fabregas--Wilshere-----
Rosicky--------------Arshavin
---------Chamakh---------------
-----Gyan-----Bent--------------
Malb--Zenden--Hend--Al-Muh
Rich---Mensah--Bram--Onuoha
---------Mignolet------------------
"I have got the utmost respect for these managers who have been there and done it and still have the same hunger and desire as when they walked into the job. Arsene Wenger came along as one of the first foreign managers in our country and everybody thought, 'He's that good, we will go and get one because they are all like him'.
"He has proved the point that they are not. I have got nothing but respect for him, the way he plays the game, the way he keeps finding players. He must put in hours and hours of research before he unearths the players he has. Considering the sums of money he spends compared to most, he does a remarkable job to keep getting Arsenal into the Champions League."
Prediction
Sunderland away is always a tricky game. You know that the fans up north always get behind their team and this will be a hard game. Probably a completely different game to the Braga game. In Bent and Gyan, Bruce has two good strikers who are a threat against anyone.
They are like a better version of Wigan, the ability to lose to West Brom but then beat Man City and Tottenham. Arsenal have to be weary and be fully focused on this game. Any dropped points here would be seen as failure.
I think Arsenal will just sneak it with the confidence being so high right now. Despite the injuries, Arsenal to leave with three points.
Sunderland 1-2 Arsenal
---------Almunia-------------
Sagna--Squil-Kosc--Clichy
-----------Song-----------------
----Fabregas--Wilshere-----
Rosicky--------------Arshavin
---------Chamakh---------------
-----Gyan-----Bent--------------
Malb--Zenden--Hend--Al-Muh
Rich---Mensah--Bram--Onuoha
---------Mignolet------------------