Late strikes help Gunners keep pace

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Hull had looked set to frustrate the Gunners for the second time this season when Daniel Cousin cancelled out Emmanuel Adebayor's opener in the second half.

But the KC Stadium visitors produced a strong finish and snatched victory with goals in the final nine minutes from Samir Nasri and Nicklas Bendtner.

It was the perfect response from the Gunners after wins earlier in the day from Manchester United, Chelsea and Aston Villa.

It also extended their unbeaten run to eight games and avenged their shock loss to Hull at the Emirates Stadium in September, when Cousin had been the match-winner. Those heady days seem a long time ago now for Hull, who despite their encouraging display, have now lost their last five league outings.

Boaz Myhill produced a brilliant double save to deny Arsenal the lead in the 28th minute following the award of a dubious free-kick for a foul on Emmanuel Eboue.

The goalkeeper just did enough to tip Robin Van Persie's fierce shot onto the bar and then recovered to block from Johan Djourou as the defender pounced on the rebound.

Yet Hull could not hold out much longer and fell behind as Adebayor headed home a Van Persie corner at the far post a minute later.

Hull snatched an equaliser when Cousin headed firmly past Almunia after Bernard Mendy's cross took a slight deflection off Gael Clichy, but the Tigers were exposed once again after 81 minutes as Van Persie's pass found Nasri in space and the Frenchman shot left-footed across Myhill to restore Arsenal's lead.

The Gunners then killed off the game five minutes from time as Bendtner played a one-two with Van Persie and finished clinically.