Sunderland striker Darren Bent is convinced the current Arsenal team is as exciting as the team of Bergkamp, Vieira and Pires.

Arsenal have netted four or more on six occasions and are on course to score 100 in the Premier League season.

Bent said: "They are on top top form. The keep scoring four a game, which is unheard of.

"That is like the Arsenal of a few years back and the likes of Thierry Henry, Robert Pires, Freddy Ljungberg and Dennis Bergkamp. They were giving people beatings of four and five regularly.

"It is going to be a tough game against Arsenal. They were written off for the title at the start of the season but they have shown they mean business."