McAteer aiming to rescue injury-blighted season

SUNDERLAND midfielder Jason McAteer is determined to finish a miserable season on a high by locking horns with title contenders Arsenal.

The 31-year-old has had to write off a disastrous campaign both personally and for his club after undergoing two hernia operations and then suffering hamstring problems on his return.

That has limited him to just 10 games for the club, as it slipped ignominiously out of the Premiership.