Sunderland 0
Arsenal 1
Walcott 24
Sunderland 0 Arsenal 1 May 11 2008
Theo Walcott handed Arsene Wenger a winning finish to the season as Arsenal edged out battling Sunderland 1-0 at the Stadium of Light.
The England Under-21 international fired home from Gilberto's 24th-minute pass to claim the points as the Black Cats fought them all the way to the whistle.
In truth, had the Gunners been more clinical in front of goal, with Emmanuel Adebayor and Gilberto both passing up good opportunities, they might have won more comfortably.
However, they were not and the Wearsiders kept them at full-stretch to the end with Roy O'Donovan going close and Michael Chopra seeing appeals for a late penalty waved away.
In the event, one goal was enough for Arsenal to cement their position in third place as Roy Keane's men ended a tough campaign with a home defeat in front of a sell-out crowd of 47,802.