A disappointing afternoon for Arsenal who had a tough task after going down to 10 men early on. Costa was running through on goal when Mertesacker went to ground and fouled the striker. Costa then scored and after that point Arsenal gave it their best but couldn’t find a way through.

Sunday afternoon saw Arsenal get a draw away at Stoke which was largely due to Petr Cech in goal who secured a point late on.

Arsenal ran out winners in the FA cup third round but it wasn’t as comfortable as the score line would suggest. Arsenal gifted the opening goal to Sunderland with Koscielny trying to do a step over on the edge of his own box.

Arsenal grabbed the winner in a poor performance but how big could that result be. Cech saved Arsenal on numerous occasions before a corner put Newcastle in trouble which saw Koscielny poke the winner in after a header from Giroud.

A comfortable win for the Arsenal this afternoon which saw Arsenal move back to the top of table for at the least the next 24 hours. Walcott won an early penalty which saw Giroud score from the spot before Ramsey made it two just before half time with another Ӧzil assist in the process.