Arsenals title hopes were once again on a knife edge until Nicklas Bendtner grabbed a 93rd minute winner to secure a 2-1 win against a plucky Hull side, who played the whole of the 2nd half with 10 men.
The victory takes the Gunners joint top, level on points with Chelsea having played a game more.
Arsene Wenger’s men looked sharp as they took the lead in the 14th minute with a brilliantly taken goal from Russian forward Andrey Arshavin.
But Hull were on level terms after Sol Campbell brought down Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink with a clumsy challenge. Campbell was lucky to stay on the pitch, but the veteran defender was only shown a yellow card as Jimmy Bullard stepped up to smash the penalty into the top corner.
Hull were soon down to 10 men after George Boatengs horrific challenge on Bacary Sagna resulted in a second yellow card.
Arsenal looked jaded and struggled to get their passing game going as Hull defended magnificently.
Andrey Arshavin wasted a chance late on as Hull looked like picking up a well deserved point.
However, in added time Nicklas Bendtner once again stole the headlines as he pounced on a mistake by Boaz Myhill to give the Gunners a massive 3 points.
Winning games when you’re not at your best is the sign of champions. Arsenal have been written off so many times this could be the season that Arsene Wenger’s belief in his young team finally comes to fruition.
