Sunderland vs Arsenal live: Hosts grab late draw as Brobbey’s acrobatic effort seals dramatic ending

The result from the other big match of the day...

Ruben Amorim couldn’t help wincing. It had just been put to the Manchester United manager that this was another game they failed to make secure, and his facial expression unintentionally made his thoughts clear. He then very intentionally made his thoughts clear.

This wildly swinging 2-2 draw at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium had seemed like a match where it was hard to know how to feel, a response that was oddly fitting since it was between two teams where it’s hard to know exactly where they are.

Not so for Amorim. He very much knew how he felt.

And a preview for the big game tomorrow...

They may come to be seen as contrasting ways to lose a grip upon a title. The 2024 champions’ defence of their crown was over before Christmas, destroyed because they did too little to their title-winning team. Their 2025 successors, their manager accepted, may have changed too much. Now Manchester City and Liverpool meet with the possibility that the loser will be 10 points behind Arsenal, out of contention before the November international break.

Champions tend to display a consistency and victories over Aston Villaand Real Madrid allowed Arne Slot to smile: “We were actually very consistent (before then) but we were consistent in losing so that wasn’t the idea.” They visit the Etihad Stadium with the scalp of the 15-time European champions but just three points from their last five league games and an admission that, after a summer when some £450m was spent, Liverpool altered too much.

“Why did I change much more than last season? I agree with you, but not for the reasons you are telling me,” countered Slot. “I’m known as being a manager who prefers not to change but I couldn’t do anything different to what I did.”

There are a few Super Sunday games tomorrow too, with the following matches taking place:

Aston Villa vs Bournemouth - 2pm

Brentford vs Newcastle - 2pm

Nottingham Forest vs Leeds - 2pm

Manchester City vs Liverpool 4.30pm

We’re entering the international break now so Arsenal’s next game comes on 23 November and it’s a huge one – a north London derby at home to Spurs. That one kicks off at 4.30pm GMT on the Sunday.

Sunderland’s next match comes at home to Fulham on 22 November, with kick-off at 3pm.

“It was a difficult game. They made it a tough place to come. You know how they play. We have to keep perspective. We’re still first, still working,” said Arsenal midfielder Ebere Eze.

“You know how they play it’s very direct. It’s a testament to our team. You see how hard it is to make chances but we’ll pick ourselves and go.

“You can see the quality of their game. They haven’t lost here in a while. It’s important to keep on heads on, not look too deep.

“It’ll be a time to come away from the Premier League. We can come back, go again, and be fresh for that. Of course we’ll be strong when players come back,” he added as he finished.

Brian Brobbey scored a last-gasp equaliser as high-flying Sunderland held Premier League leaders Arsenal to a 2-2 draw at the Stadium of Light.

A stop-start first-half suddenly sparked into life when former Arsenal academy product Dan Ballard sent the hosts ahead with a thumping finish, ending the Gunners’ run of eight consecutive clean sheets in all competitions.

Bukayo Saka levelled with a low effort after the break and, with Arsenal having controlled most of the game for the second half, Leandro Trossard sent the visitors ahead with a stunning effort from outside the area.

Late drama followed as Brobbey stabbed home from Ballard’s header to earn a point for the hosts against the division’s top side.

“We had to do better, the way we conceded the goal, it’s what they do. The game is going to be very long, we need a goal to believe, we did that, we put them on the back foot, but again it was a direct ball and the striker does well,” says Arteta as he reacts on Sky.

“There are two balls and two flicks, it's the same action, but credit to the opposition. They create they chaos and in any moment they can score a goal, and that’s why they are where they are.

“Every week, against every opponent we really understand and recognise that. we understand the difficult y of what we’ve done.

“This is the season, we’ve still done really well, so credit to the team” he says on the injuries.

“We’re disappointed because we wanted the three points, but we go again,” he adds.

Sunderland centre-back Dan Ballard also spoke to BBC Match of the Day, and he had this to say:"We've had some late goals recently - not just this year, last year as well.

"Great character from the lads and it seems to be a bit of theme, a lot of late goals for us.

On his crucial late block, he adds: "I think at the stage of the game, if we conceded there it would have been a huge blow at the end. It probably meant more [than the goal] but there's no feeling like scoring a goal."

"It was a bit of a blur. When you get into those moments, you don't think, it just happens so I'll have to watch it back. I just remember lashing it really - and thankfully it went in!"

“It's a good morale boost to show we can go against a really top team - probably one of the best in Europe at the minute - and [we’re] delighted with that.

"But it is just one point and we've got a lot of work to do to achieve our goal of staying up this year."

On Sunderland start, he says: "These four games between international breaks, there were some tough ones in there. We probably didn't expect to come out with eight points from those four games so we're delighted.

"We're working extremely hard and it's showing on the pitch but the games are tight and could easily have gone the other way so we've got to keep our feet on the ground and work really hard.

"There will be times this season where it work go our way so we'll just keep going, he added as he finished.