Arsenal played out a 2–2 draw with Sunderland at the Stadium of Light on Saturday to head into the November international break on a disappointing note.
The Gunners hadn’t conceded in 41 days coming into the game, yet they found themselves down in the first half after some sloppy defending. Daniel Ballard latched onto a loose ball in the Arsenal box and fired a shot past David Raya. The visitors turned up the pressure in the second half and got themselves back into the game.
Bukayo Saka and Leandro Trossard each scored to turn the tie, but Brian Brobbey had the final word. The former Ajax man refused to give up and contorted his body to beat both Gabriel and Raya to rescue a point.
Sunderland have been one of the best stories of the Premier League so far and proved to be a physical match for the league leaders. Arsenal were light in attack, but were defensively shaky in a way fans have not seen so far this term.
