So, are we going to bounce back from our lacklustre display against the old enemy or will the players put in another shocker against Steve Bruce's men?

The defeat against Stoke doesn't worry me. We played well, it was just unfortunate. Even more unfortunate it came before a big game but I think we would have lost at Arsenal in those circumstances 99 times out of 100.

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Steve Bruce has already shown what he is capable of after immediately transforming Sunderland from the eternal strugglers to the league's surprise package. The Black Cats have ensured that the Stadium of Light remains a fortress this season as they have not lost at home since their opening home fixture against league leaders Chelsea.

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Jogaram em Port of Spain, no estádio Hasely Crawford Stadium, para um público de 2.000 pessoas, jogaram as seleções de Trinidad & Tobago (72º no ranking da FIFA) e México (18º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
Elimínatórias da Copa: 11 jogos, 6 vitórias do México, 2 empates, 3 vitórias de Trinidad, 24 gols do México e 12 gols de Trinidad. Click to continue reading...

Sunderland boss Steve Bruce has brushed off his furious touchline clash with Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez, following his side's 1-0 victory at the Stadium of Light.
The Black Cats further dented the Reds' fast-fading title hopes, thanks to a controversial Darren Bent goal, his eighth of the season flying past goalkeeper Pepe Reina after taking a wicked deflection off a beach ball that had been thrown on to the pitch by a Liverpool fan. Click to continue reading...

There are a number of excuses to which we could turn in order to sweeten this defeat: Darren Bent's fluke goal, the absence of both Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres, the late arrival of Mascherano, Lucas and Insua, the little time for preparation that Liverpool had and the length of time that Sunderland had in order to get ready for this game. Click to continue reading...

When Steve Bruce ended his playing career, everyone seem to know that the next logical step for him was to have a career in club management. His no-nonsense and inspirational defender's display was supposed to provide a springboard for him to inspire, motivate and drive a club forwards as manager.
Even when other former players are finding the transition to club managers difficult, Steve Bruce has proven himself to be a very good Premiership-level manager. Click to continue reading...

Patience is a virtue, and for two of the Premier League's best players, that patience has finally paid off. The crazy thing about it all? These two players are on the same team! And the lucky team is Sunderland.

It was just last season that Sunderland were in the heat of the relegation battle.

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Kenwyne Jones' goal at Old Trafford is said to have been the catalyst for a furious argument between Ben Foster and his Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson. However is the England man to blame for this goal? Personally it seems more like Vidic should have dealt with the ball before it was floated so near to the Sunderland man and somebody should have stopped Kieran Richardson from having so much time to weigh up the dink into the box.

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Ferguson angered by another mistake from his back up keeper.

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Ben Foster, left out of Fabio Capello's England squad on Sunday after a string of goalkeeping errors in recent games, was involved in a furious row with his Manchester United manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, the previous day, according to reports in the Daily Star last night.

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The fallout of Manchester United's 2-2 draw with Sunderland extended to the dressing room, as reports suggest Alex Ferguson and goalkeeper Ben Foster had a bit of an argument.� Foster made a poor decision coming out to catch Andy Reid's chipped ball for Kenwyne Jones, resulting in the Black Cats' second goal.

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By TRAVIS CLARK

The highly anticipated clash of Chelsea and Liverpool turned out to be somewhat of a letdown Saturday, as Chelsea's defense reigned supreme in their 2-0 win. Even without Petr Cech, the Blues kept Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres in check all afternoon.

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Saturday's match against Sunderland saw yet another questionable performance from current Manchester United keeper Ben Foster. United and Sunderland were tied at one all when a deft cross from Andy Reid was headed home by Black Cats striker Kenwyne Jones. Some (including Sir Alex Ferguson and Ben Foster) will argue that this goal was the result of Jones fouling Foster in order to win the cross.

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Saturday's match against Sunderland saw yet another questionable performance from current Manchester United keeper Ben Foster. United and Sunderland were tied at one all when a deft cross from Andy Reid was headed home by Black Cats striker Kenwyne Jones. Some (including Sir Alex Ferguson and Ben Foster) will argue that this goal was the result of Jones fouling Foster in order to win the cross.

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Who's buying this excuse?

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Manchester United have claimed that Ben Foster has been ruled out of England's World Cup double-header against Ukraine and Belarus with a chest injury.

The Football Association did not specify Foster's injury when the squad was released last night, but now United have stated that the 26-year-old is being "investigated" for an injury sustained during Saturday's 2-2 draw with Sunderland, although one not serious enough to prevent him from completing the match.

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Turns out that if you do this...

...and then let Kenwyne Jones beat you in the air like this...

... while Fabio Capello watches from the stands ... then you get dropped from the England squad. Fabio Capello has named his England squad to face Ukraine and Belarus, and Ben Foster is not in it.

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What can I say about yesterday's game against Sunderland? After the game yesterday, I was fairly happy that United had managed to salvage a point out of the game, this morning I am disappointed- how were we so bad?
The Man United starting XI was- Ben Foster, John O'Shea, Nemanja Vidic, Jonny Evans, Patrice Evra, Luis Nani, Paul Scholes, Darren Fletcher, Danny Welbeck, Wayne Rooney and Dimitar Berbatov. Click to continue reading...

From Old Trafford, Attendance 75,114 , Referee Alan Wiley Manchester United 2 2 Sunderland

Dimitar Berbatov (51)
Anton Ferdinand (o/g 90)

Darren Bent (7)
Kenwyne Jones (58)
Kieran Richardson (s/o 85)

Manchester United Team Statistics Sunderland 2 Goals 2 5 Shots On Target 3 7 Shots Off Target 2 8 Shots Blocked 0 15 Corners 1 0 Offsides 1 12 Fouls 17 2 Yellow Cards 3 0 Red Cards 1 62. Click to continue reading...

Fernando Torres & Robbie Keane could have been the deadliest double act since Starsky & Hutch, had Rafa Benitez not thought otherwise. As it happens they had to settle last week for separate feats, separate plaudits, and separate points hauls.

Torres could realistically have expected to be the week's king in the Fantasy League with a splendid hat-trick against Phil Brown's tame Tigers, but his eschewed strike-partner grabbed the honour, four goals against Burnley meant plenty of spilt claret for Owen Coyle, as the Fantasy Premier League season took another set of twists and turns.

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Robbie Keane

Keane Machine not only scored one goal, he not only scored two goals, okay I'll get to the point.� � Robbie Keane scored four goals for the Spurs against Burnley this last weekend and the Irishman reminded Premier League fans everywhere� of his fantastic goal scoring ways.

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Following Sunderland's hard fought 5-2 win over Wolves, Darren Bent was in the spotlight once again. Not only did the English frontman grab a brace (although the second goal has since been declared an own goal by Wolves defender Michael Mancienne), but Bent stole the headlines with his generous act of handing teammate Kenwyne Jones a penalty.

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Given the title of this article, I could be about to tell you about how the strike duo of Darren Bent and Kenwyne Jones will be leading Sunderland to new heights in the Premier League this season, but we will save that for a later date. I'd rather make a bold statement and talk about the bottom of the table at the moment.

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With yet another exciting Premier League weekend in the books it's time to review this weekend's winners and losers.

Winners Robbie Keane

Robbie Keane emerges from this weekend as the biggest winner. The Tottenham striker has had a relatively quiet start to the season, oftentimes playing second fiddle to the red hot Jermain Defoe.

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Mick McCarthy took Wolverhampton Wanderers to his old club Sunderland, but Wolves ended up at the receiving end of a 5-2 scoreline. A flattering result for the Black Cats, but at the end of the day, it is three points in the bag, and another home win for them. Final score :- Sunderland 5-2 Wolves ( [. Click to continue reading...

Goals from Darren Bent and Kenwyne Jones gave Sunderland a two goal lead only to see Wolves score two goals in five minutes to level the game before Steve Bruce's side scores two goals in three minutes through Jones and Michael Turner. Darren Bent then added a fifth deep into injury time.

1-0 Bent

2-0 Jones

2-1 Mensah (Own Goal)

2-2 Doyle

3-2 Jones

4-2 Turner

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Premier League fans in the United States will once again get the chance to see Burnley take on their new Premiership opposition. This week it comes in the form of Sunderland at Turf Moor.

When the schedule was initially released before the season started, I doubt that many people were circling this date on their calendars.

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In the old days, Reid loved doughnuts more than corner kicks
I was leaning all week towards Everton's Steven Pienaar - his goal last night in the Europa League only further confirming his chance as a Funny Feeling Friday� selection - but, having selected Everton's Rodwell just a few weeks ago - and seeing as Pienaar is already owned by about 7% of managers - I went with an unlikely selection, the less than 1% owned Andy Reid. Click to continue reading...

It's time for another edition of the Manchester Derby, and City must already be lamenting its bad luck.

With Emmanuel Adebayor suspended, Robinho and Roque Santa Cruz definitely out with injury and Carlos Tevez a serious doubt with a knee injury, the upstarts may be hurting for strike options in Sunday's clash.

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The United States continued their CONCACAF 2010 World Cup Qualifying campaign at Trinidad & Tobago on Wednesday, September 9, 2009. T&T's chances of qualifiation are basically over while the United States can significantly improve theirs with a victory. Here's a recap of the match along with video highlights.

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The United States continued their CONCACAF 2010 World Cup Qualifying campaign at Trinidad & Tobago on Wednesday, September 9, 2009. T&T's chances of qualifiation are basically over while the United States can significantly improve theirs with a victory. Here's a recap of the match along with video highlights.

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This saturday we get in to the 5th gameweek in Fantasy Premier League. Two really interesting matches this week. Manchester City plays the host for Arsenal, and Tottenham and ManU go against each other in Tottenham's homefield. City - Arsenal will be especially interesting as the team with the least conceded goals ( Man City, 0) and the team that's scored most goals (Arsenal, 11 goals) compete which is more important, to score many goals or to concede little. Click to continue reading...

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If the U.S. men's national team is to score its first road victory in the CONCACAF Hexagonal round of World Cup qualifying, it will have to do so without Jay DeMerit.

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If the U.S. men's national team is to score its first road victory in the CONCACAF Hexagonal round of World Cup qualifying, it will have to do so without Jay DeMerit.

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If you were your country's top scorer with a healthy 35 goals in 73 appearances, chances are you'd be an established top league player in most countries in Europe. Add to that record a career that has seen you start out at Manchester United and take in spells at Leeds United, Sunderland and Fulham, you'd expect a pretty good record.

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Two defeats in their opening three Premier league games has already raised doubts over Liverpool's title credentials and left them trailing Chelsea, Arsenal and even Tottenham.
However, still in August there is plenty of time for Rafa Benitez to put things right and prevent a disappointing start from turning in to a full-blown crisis at Anfield. Click to continue reading...

Great Player, Great Price!

Just supposing that Owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett do want to retain an ounce of credibility at Anfield and that they do have the decency to give Rafa some of the cash from the Xabi Alonso sale to the Liverpool boss before the transfer window closes then this is the player who could well take the club that bit nearer to the ending their domestic league hoodoo.

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