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6¹ A thirty yard shot from GREENING caused CECH little difficulty. 10¹ GOAL!! Southampton's EVRÀ beat three defenders before firing just inside the Sunderland 'keeper's righthand post. (1-0 Southampton) 12¹ A shot from KERZHAKOV was nodded off the line by ZAMBROTTA. 16¹ GOAL!! Sunderland were awarded a penalty after a foul on BENTLEY and KERZHAKOV put it past the 'keeper. (1-1) 19¹ The Southampton 'keeper saved a curling effort from ALEX. 20¹ A shot from REO-COKER seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to parry the ball clear. 22¹ EVRÀ was put clear by XABI ALONSO and he nutmegged the Sunderland 'keeper but thrust his shot over the bar. 25¹ GOAL!! A Southampton counter-attack allowed VAN PERSIE to setup RONALDO with an easy goal. (2-1 Southampton) 32¹ A left foot shot from GERRARD was forced wide by the 'keeper. 37¹ RONALDO played the ball to VAN PERSIE who turned it just wide. 38¹ KERZHAKOV ran onto a great ball from BENTLEY but dragged his shot wide. 41¹ A free-kick from DEL HORNO floated wide. 41¹ FERGUSON booked for a poor challenge on NESTA. 1² An exceptional effort from RONALDO scraped the outside of the lefthand post. 3² GOAL!! A debatable penalty was awarded to Southampton, after McMANUS had fouled GERRARD which RONALDO comfortably converted. (3-1 Southampton) 3² GREENING made space on the left and knocked the ball to KERZHAKOV who fired the ball over. 7² A accurate pass bobbled toward RONALDO and his deadly shot floated narrowly over. 9² BENTLEY nutmegged GIGGS but drove the ball into the arms of the Southampton 'keeper. 24² GOAL!! An energetic RONALDO ran down the right wing and pulled the ball back for TOTTI to crack home. (4-1 Southampton) 27² The Sunderland 'keeper did well to hold onto a wicked shot from RONALDO. 33² ÁLVAREZ cautioned by the ref. 44² A poor strike from RONALDO bounced agonisingly wide.

Sunderland   League position: - Home league form: WWLW Overall league form: WLWXLXWX Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Cristian ÁLVAREZ 5  1 6  Petr CECH Stephen McMANUS 6  2 7  Gianluca ZAMBROTTA Asier DEL HORNO 8  3 7  Patrice EVRÀ Barry FERGUSON 6½ 4 6  Robin VAN PERSIE Jonny EVANS 6  5 7  Alessandro NESTA(c) Nigel REO-COKER 6½ 6 7½ Cristian CHIVU David BENTLEY 6½ 7 7½ Ryan GIGGS (c)ALEX 7½ 8 7  Steven GERRARD (p)Aleksandr KERZHAKOV 6  9 7  Francesco TOTTI (f)Jonathan GREENING 6½ 10 7  XABI ALONSO Olano(f) Dean BOWDITCH 6  11 6½ Cristiano RONALDO(p) Manager Daniel KIRKPATRICK Danny PUGH    12    Philippe MEXÈS Richard WRIGHT    13    Andrea PIRLO Jay McEVELEY    14    JUAN Silveira Antonio GUAYRE    15    Carlos MARCHENA Matt RICHARDS 6  16    Thierry HENRY

Southampton   League position: 3 Away league form: WLWW Overall league form: WXWWLWWW Formation: 4-4-2

Statistics

Sunderland 1 Southampton 4 (Half-time: 1-2, Attendance: 48,162, Stadium: Stadium of Light, Referee: Kenny Stamatopoulos 6) Kerzhakov 16¹ (pen) Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Evrà 10¹, Ronaldo 25¹, Ronaldo 3² (pen), Totti 24² BentleyóRichards 16²       Ferguson 41¹, Álvarez 33²   8 6 10 16 5 14 7 7 5 11 12 18 4 2 49% 51% ¶ Man of the match: Asier Del Horno ¶