Former Albion Rovers striker Ross Stewart says he and his Sunderland teammates will have a 'free hit' at Arsenal tomorrow night.
The English League One side take on the Premier League heavyweights away from home in a Carabao Cup quarter-final contest.
Stewart joined Sunderland in January from Ross County and has emerged as a key player for the League One club, scoring 11 goals this term.
The 25-year-old has risen from the junior ranks of Scottish football on his journey to Sunderland, stopping in at Albion Rovers for an excellent season in 2016/17, earning him a move to St Mirren.
"I'm definitely hoping to play," Stewart told The Chronicle. "It's a bit of a glamour tie for us and takes the focus away from the league fixtures which is good.
"With it being up in the air what is going on with Covid we can only wait and see but we'll prepare for the game to be on.
"We'll go there as huge underdogs and it's a bit of a free hit, but at the same time we will go there with the belief that we can go there and win the tie.
"It can go one of two ways and even though we are underdogs we have to believe we can get a result, if we play with that freedom and belief I think we can hurt Arsenal at times."
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