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Arsenal put their poor result against West Bromwich Albion and Norwich behind them with a 3-1 victory over Sunderland at the Emirates to go above Manchester United and Manchester City and move into second in the Premier League table, two points behind leaders Leicester.
Joel Campbell opened the scoring for the Gunners after a slow start form both teams, with the Costa Rica striker getting on to the end of a Mesut Özil pass as the Germany international recorded his 16th assist of the season.
But Sunderland hit back and they were level before the break when Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud turned a free-kick into his own net.
The France international would make amends though as he put Arsenal back in front after half-time, and Aaron Ramsey sealed the victory with an effort in the final minutes of the encounter.
So who impressed most for the Gunners?
Click on the gallery below to find out.
Show all 14 1 /14Arsenal player ratings vs Sunderland Arsenal player ratings vs Sunderland Petr Cech - 8 out of 10 A superb performance from Arsenal's goalkeeper. Cech made an early crucial save to deny Borini after Arsenal were caught on the counter, another minutes later and then two more in the second half which saved the blushes of the Gunners' defence.
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Arsenal player ratings vs Sunderland Hector Bellerin - 4 out of 10 Struggled with the pace of Watmore on the right and allowed the forward to get past him several times to set up Sunderland chances before nearly seeing Van Aanholt get ahead of him and go for goal. Not the best of days for the full-back.
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Arsenal player ratings vs Sunderland Per Mertesacker - 7 out of 10 Was called into action several times to make up for Koscielny and Bellerin's struggles in defence, and did well to clear the danger and protect Cech.
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Arsenal player ratings vs Sunderland Laurent Koscielny - 5 out of 10 Returned to the starting line-up after recovering from injury and was caught out a few times early on after coming out to try and intercept the ball. He then gave away a needless free kick that led to Sunderland equalising but grew into the game as it progressed.
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Arsenal player ratings vs Sunderland Nacho Monreal - 6 out of 10 Appeared shaky when trying to clear his lines early on, and was saved by Cech in the second half when he allowed Fletcher to get ahead him. But he did well getting forwards and contributing to Arsenal's attacking play particularly for Giroud's goal.
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Arsenal player ratings vs Sunderland Mathieu Flamini - 6 out of 10 After a nervy start in which Sunderland had the better of possession in the middle of the park, Flamini did a good enough job protecting the defence and allowing Ramsey to get forwards.
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Arsenal player ratings vs Sunderland Aaron Ramsey - 8 out of 10 Was handed his chance to impress in his favoured central position and he didn't disappoint. After going for goal a few times early on, Ramsey then started the move that led to Arsenal's opener before setting up Giroud for the winner. Was then rewarded for the numerous chances he carved out for himself with his late goal.
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Arsenal player ratings vs Sunderland Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain - 5 out of 10 Started the game on the left flank but was ordered to switch sides with Campbell in the first half. However, he continued to have little impact on proceedings.
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Arsenal player ratings vs Sunderland Mesut Ozil - 7 out of 10 Set up Campbell for his goal with a lovely through-ball for the striker, and enjoyed a good game as he linked up well with his teammates and created chances.
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Arsenal player ratings vs Sunderland Joel Campbell - 8 out of 10 Started on the right in place of Ramsey, who was shifted centrally, but was forced to swap to the left early on and the move paid off when the Costa Rica international coolly opened the scoring in the 34th minute.
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Arsenal player ratings vs Sunderland Olivier Giroud - 7 out of 10 Helped contribute to Arsenal's opener with some nice link-up play, but let himself down when, under little pressure, he drove the ball into his own net. However, he made up for his mistake by heading in the winner and should have gotten his second minutes later.
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Arsenal player ratings vs Sunderland <b>Subs:</b> Theo Walcott - 6 out of 10 Was brought on in the 63rd minute for Oxlade-Chamberlain and had a few chances at goal although he didn't have enough time to really make an impact.
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Arsenal player ratings vs Sunderland Kieran Gibbs - 5 out of 10 Came on for Campbell and did a good enough job protecting the defence as Arsenal tried to protect their lead.
Arsenal player ratings vs Sunderland Calum Chambers - 6 out of 10 Was substituted for Giroud with 11 minutes to go and it was his deflected shot that Ramsey fired in to get Arsenal's third.
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