David Raya's Penalty Save Sets Up Bruno Guimarães's Arsenal Winner at Sunderland

Two minutes decided this one, and they both belonged to Arsenal. Sunderland had the ball in the net from the penalty spot in the 56th minute and instead walked away with nothing, beaten 2-0 by a goal struck from open play and a penalty of their own conceding late on.

Raya's save, then Guimarães's reply

Ezri Konsa was penalised for holding Dan Ballard inside the area, and Enzo Le Fée stepped up for what would have been the lead goal at home. David Raya guessed the right way, diving low to his left to tip the shot onto the post. Arsenal broke with the ball still live in everyone's mind, and 121 seconds after the save, Bruno Guimarães crashed a strike in off the underside of the crossbar from outside the box — his first goal for the club.

"It's a beautiful moment for me and my family — I'm trying to create a new history here."

— Bruno Guimarães, Arsenal midfielder

A red card and a penalty to finish it

Sunderland pushed for an equaliser that never looked likely to arrive, and their afternoon ended worse than it started. In the sixth minute of stoppage time, Reinildo Mandava hauled down Bukayo Saka and picked up a second yellow card for it, and Saka converted the resulting penalty to make it 2-0.

"It's unacceptable — it's a judo roll, that's what it is. It cannot happen. It's not a penalty in any context."

— Mikel Arteta, Arsenal manager, on the Sunderland penalty award

"Proud and disappointed — we were really close to achieving something really big."

— Régis Le Bris, Sunderland head coach

A £75m summer arrival's first goal

Guimarães joined Arsenal from Newcastle United this summer in a £75 million deal, signing a four-year contract after telling Newcastle he wanted to leave once Eddie Howe departed the club. The Brazil international had contributed assists and all-round midfield control in his first weeks in north London without getting on the scoresheet himself — until the strike at the Stadium of Light, his first goal for his new club, arriving from outside the box in the way Newcastle fans will remember well.

Arsenal's perfect start continues

It is Arsenal's fourth straight win of the season, following victories over Coventry City, Aston Villa and Chelsea, plus a 1-0 win at Napoli in the Champions League. Five matches into the campaign across all competitions, Arteta's side have won every one of them, scoring ten and conceding only once. Sunderland, promoted back to the Premier League this summer, have been streakier: a loss away to Ipswich Town on the opening weekend, a first win at home to Fulham, then a draw at Brentford before this defeat.

Level with City, and ahead on goals

Both clubs had come into the round on nine points from three matches — Arsenal 2nd, Sunderland 12th on four points from a win, a draw and a loss. The win takes Arsenal to 12 points from four games, matching Manchester City, who also won on the same weekend, beating Manchester United 1-0 at Old Trafford. Arsenal's goal difference of +7 (eight scored, one conceded) is a goal better than City's +6, enough to put them top of the table on goal difference alone. Sunderland stay on four points, now with a goal difference of -2 after conceding twice without scoring.

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