Today Sunderland's run of bad luck continued.

First Man Utd equalise thanks to a free-kick that shouldn;t have been. Then Wimbledon score thanks to a free-kick (and sending off) that should have been but wasn't. Then Tranmere win with too many players on the pitch.

Today, Sunderland were unfortunate enough to have to play the Arsenal.

Up front Henry and Suker gave their answer to those of us worrying about our current lack of strikers with 2 goals each and plenty more threatened. If they can stay fit we might not miss Bergkamp and Kanu. The return of Parlour gave us more to cheer, as did the ability to cope also without Adams, Winterburn, Grimandi, Overmars and Ljungberg (who went off injured early on).

On recent results, it seems like mayeb we do better against the higher placed teams. Next stop in the league: Old Trafford.

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