You'll find Matt's Top Ten for the Sunderland game here. He tells us about escapades in music as well as some quality thoughts about what happened, and could have/should have happened.

The stats-makers suggested that with the squad we have and a 2-1 lead in the 75th minute we stood a 61% chance of winning the match.

Was Gabby's low diving header attempt, rather than just blasting it away with a foot to blame? Who knows? Sunderland, let by a rock solid Granit Xhaka 🥸, did a good job minimizing our opportunities while maximizing their own. I take nothing away from Brobbey, who broke his duck (scored his first Premier League goal) with a beauty to earn the draw. Sunderland are real and while I think they'll fade, like Nottingham Forest last season, they'll earn a few more scalps by taking points from big teams between now and May. Let's hope some of those go in our favor, too.

Next up is the NLD. No predictions from me, or Matt if I recall. It feels like bad luck to do that. The bookies think we'll win, and the margin is wider than any other game this week according to the site i looked at (-270). I'm not a betting man, so I had to look up with that means. (It means you'd win almost $14 on a $10 bet. Not a great return because the odds weigh so much in Arsenal's favor, I suppose.

We don't know much about Havertz, but Jesus is back in training. I doubt we'll see him in the game, but perhaps he earns a spot on the bench. I think we really need to get Gyökeres back by this game because as much as I like to have 'Wooly' (Mikel Merino ... wool) in the game, his heat maps prove he plays much deeper in the midfield that Gyö, who stretches the defense all over their defensive third. We need him to occupy van de Ven so Saka can be more effective.

I'm excited to see Trossard against Pedro Porro again. If you remember, he destroyed Porro on a triple move leaving him crumpled, embarrassed, and claiming injury in a previous NLD. After Tross's goal this weekend, I want to see that move again. At his best, he can get by anyone and as i say in this episode, I think he's the best two-footed player we've had since Santi Cazorla.

I never paid attention to the Canadian Premier League, have you? Check out the scenes from the final on their website. It looks like an American football situation with snow everywhere and a blizzard of white when the goalscorer executes a knee-slide. Perhaps Kieran Tierney should seek a late-career contract in this league? He looks like a fit based on this final.

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