Arteta seethes at Sunderland penalty decision despite Arsenal win

Arsenal support cleanable commencement to the play with their 4th win, acknowledgment to goals from Guimaraes and Saka.

Arsenal manager Mikel ‌Arteta has labelled the determination to grant Sunderland a punishment ‘unacceptable’ aft watching his broadside ⁠grind retired a 2-0 ⁠win to support their 100 percent commencement to the play and determination wide astatine the apical of the Premier League.

The defending champions made ⁠it 12 points retired of 12 connected Saturday arsenic David Raya’s punishment prevention successful the 55th infinitesimal proved important for the visitors, who went up 2 minutes aboriginal ⁠with Bruno Guimaraes’s archetypal extremity for the club.

Bukayo Saka wrapped it up heavy successful stoppage clip from the punishment spot to ⁠make it 4 league wins retired of 4 for the reigning champions.

It could person been antithetic had Enzo Le Fee recovered the net, but Arteta blasted the determination by referee John Brooks to grant a punishment erstwhile Ezri Konsa was penalised for pulling down Dan Ballard arsenic a country was played in.

“It was a immense triumph ‌, but it could person been thing precise different,” an aggravated Arteta said erstwhile referring to the punishment grant aft the match.

“It’s unacceptable astatine this level; this tin alteration the people of a play and the championship. It’s not acceptable. I’ve seen it 10 times to marque sure, and it’s not imaginable astatine this level that it tin beryllium a penalty. It cannot happen.

“It’s not a punishment successful immoderate context, successful immoderate league.”

Bruno Guimaraes celebrates scoring Arsenal’s opening extremity [Oli Scarff/AFP]

It was acold from a vintage Arsenal show against a tenacious Sunderland, who ⁠deserved thing for their endeavour, but they dug heavy and showed the resilience ⁠that helped them triumph a archetypal rubric for 22 years past season.

They person present kept 4 cleanable sheets successful their 5 games since the commencement of the season, including successful the Champions League triumph astatine Napoli successful midweek.

Summer signing Guimaraes replaced Myles ⁠Lewis-Skelly astatine half-time and made a stunning impact.

After receiving a walk from Declan Rice, helium sent a right-footed curler into the apical corner.

Arsenal were forced to ⁠defend desperately astatine times arsenic Sunderland’s physicality rattled them, but ⁠Saka netted his 3rd extremity of the play erstwhile helium bushed Robin Roefs with his spot-kick aft being fouled by Reinildo Mandava, who was sent off.

“It’s unbelievable the tone and the courageousness we person to spell again and again and again,” Arteta said. “So ‌pleased successful 1 consciousness and truthful disquieted successful another.

“David Raya was unbelievable. He is simply a subordinate that decides shot matches erstwhile we request it.

“Sunderland merit a batch of recognition for the mode they marque it ‌so ‌hard for you.”

Manchester City, the lone different broadside not to person dropped Premier League points this season, tin articulation Arsenal connected 12 points if they bushed Manchester United connected Sunday.

Bukayo Saka celebrates aft scoring [Oli Scarff/AFP]