We survived an early scare to make it through to the fourth round of the FA Cup, coming from a goal down to win 3-1 against Sam Allarydce's Sunderland. A couple of players were given rests for the game, with Mesut Özil and Per Mertesacker the most notable of the absentees. It was an extremely attacking lineup named by Arsene Wenger, with the likes of Theo Walcott, Joel Campbell, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Olivier Giroud, and young Alex Iwobi all starting. We arguably should have taken the lead early on after a great bit of build up play, Olivier Giroud setting up Kieran Gibbs as he raced into the box. His shot was straight at the keeper however, who parried it out for a corner. Sunderland...
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