Arsenal were held at home to a frustrating goal-less draw against Sunderland this afternoon and missed the chance to close the gap to just one point behind league leaders Manchester United.
Despite a countless number of chances in front of goal the Gunners were unable to take advantage and net a winner thanks to Sunderland keeper Simon Mignolet who pulled off a myriad of classy saves this afternoon to keep the Arsenal attackers at bay.
The Belgian shot-stopper denied the home side’s best chance of the game late on when Samir Nasri curled in a pin-point free-kick that looked goal-bound only for it to be parried onto the bar.
Moments later Marouane Chamakh could only head Nasri’s cross onto the woodwork yet again and in the dying seconds Andrey Arshavin thought he had scored the winner only for it to be wrongly flagged for offside.
Despite an all-out siege by the Gunners, Steve Bruce’s men were able to hold out for a point.
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Founder and chief editor of La Liga Blog, Andy fell in love with Spanish football after a university placement year in the Costa Del Sol. His favourite Tapas is Albondigas and on Saturday afternoons, Andy can regularly be found trying to emulate his hero Carles Puyol for his amateur football team.