Match report – By the numbers – Player ratings – Video It's almost always been a feature of Arsene Wenger's sides that when a good run and some serious momentum is halted by defeat, the team takes a little while to find its rhythm again. Despite dominating the game in terms of possession (76%-24%), passes (715 t0 176), and shots (28 to 7), it always felt like we were missing something. Sunderland were stubborn and determined (completing 43 tackles, 9 more than Swansea the previous Monday) we lacked the imagination or guile to find a way through a packed defence. It wasn't for lack of trying or lack of effort, it was simply that the quality of the final ball was missing,...
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