<img title="Prsenal&rsquo;s Alexis Sanchez (left) turns to celebrate after scoring against Sunderland in an English Premier League match at the Stadium of Light in Sunderland on Saturday. pic/AFP" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2016/oct/30sanchez.jpg" alt="Prsenal&rsquo;s Alexis Sanchez (left) turns to celebrate after scoring against Sunderland in an English Premier League match at the Stadium of Light in Sunderland on Saturday. pic/AFP" /> Prsenal&rsquo;s Alexis Sanchez (left) turns to celebrate after scoring against Sunderland in an English Premier League match at the Stadium of Light in Sunderland on Saturday. pic/AFP
Sunderland: Olivier Giroud came off the bench to score twice in five second-half minutes as Arsenal maintained their Premier League title challenge with a comfortable 4-1 win at struggling Sunderland.
Alexis Sanchez scored the Gunners&rsquo; other two goals to make it 14 games unbeaten for Arsene Wenger&rsquo;s side, who would have won with even more to spare had they taken all their chances in a dominant display.
Sunderland momentarily looked capable of springing a surprise when they levelled through Jermain Defoe's 65th-minute penalty. But their unlikely comeback was short-lived as Giroud claimed his first Premier League goals since May to herald a decisive burst of three goals in six and a half minutes from the visitors. The Frenchman had been on the pitch for just 60 seconds when he volleyed home a cross from Kieran Gibbs to restore Arsenal&rsquo;s lead in the 71st minute.
The 30-year-old secured victory with a looping near-post header from a Mesut Ozil corner soon after, before Sanchez kept his composure to add a close-range fourth after Gibbs's shot came back off the post. Arsenal provisionally moved three points clear at the league summit ahead of the rest of Saturday&rsquo;s games.
Defeat left winless Sunderland bottom of the table and with two points from 10 games, they have matched Manchester City&rsquo;s unwanted 1995 record for the worst start to a Premier League season. Manager David Moyes is still searching for a first league victory since succeeding Sam Allardyce in July.

Frenchman Olivier and Chilean Alexis score a brace each as Arsenal beat Sunderland 4-1 in their own backyard&nbsp;

Olivier Giroud, Alexis Sanchez two the four

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