Bolton Wanderers 0 – 1 Sunderland – 15th August – Bent on form for Bruce

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Record signing Darren Bent proved to be the difference on Steve Bruce's first game as Sunderland manager.

Bent, who cost £10m from spurs this summer, opened the scoring in only the 5th minute and should really have had a few more as Sunderland dominated the encounter. Gary Megson will be unhappy with his sides performance as Sunderland contained any Bolton attacking threat with relative ease; indeed a fantastic save by Fulop which denied Gary Cahill was the closest Bolton came to equalizing.

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