Arsenal hold off energetic Sunderland to continue perfect title defence

Arsenal have maintained their perfect start to the Premier League season with a 2-0 win at Sunderland. The champions were given a scare when Sunderland were awarded a penalty 11 minutes after the restart, but goalkeeper David Raya made a crucial save to deny Enzo Le Fee.

Arsenal took the lead just two minutes later through a goal from Bruno Guimaraes, who scored his first goal since joining from Newcastle. The game took a dramatic turn in stoppage time when Reinildo Mandava was sent off and Bukayo Saka scored a penalty to seal the win for Arsenal.

According to Yahoo Sports, this was Arsenal's fourth Premier League win from as many games, maintaining their 100% start to the season. The win comes after Sunderland mounted an admirable push for a point, as reported by BBC Sport.

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