Sunderland v Arsenal: Defoe penalty sets up grandstand finish

Published 29/10/2016 at 13:59 GMT+1

Arsenal face the prospect of dropping points against Sunderland after Jermain Defoe's second-half penalty made it 1-1 in their Premier League match at the Stadium of Light.

Jermain Defoe

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Alexis Sanchez broke the deadlock with a fine header, but despite their dominance Arsenal failed to add to the lead.

Sunderland made them pay when Petr Cech took out Duncan Watmore, and Defoe coolly placed the penalty into the right corner of the net.

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SUNDERLAND: Pickford; Jones, O'Shea, Kone, Van Aanholt; Rodwell, Pienaar, Ndong; Khazri, Watmore, Defoe... Subs: Mika, Djilobodji, Love, Anichebe, Manquillo, Januzaj, Gooch.

ARSENAL: Cech; Bellerin, Mustafi, Koscielny, Gibbs; Coquelin, Elneny; Iwobi, Ozil, Oxlade-Chamberlain; Alexis... Subs: Ospina, Jenkinson, Holding, Gabriel, Maitland-Niles, Ramsey, Giroud.

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