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Commentary
5¹MICHEL BASTOS stabbed an easy chance past the near post.
6¹A neatly crafted pass from CARRICK was shot goalbound by PJANIC only for the Sunderland 'keeper to claw away.
11¹BOWDITCH shot over.
17¹DEMICHELIS's shot was well saved by ĮLVAREZ.
20¹A pin-point pass was collected by REO-COKER and his left foot shot went narrowly over.
27¹PJANIC rushed an easy chance.
29¹GOAL!! The creative BOWDITCH neatly nodded on a cross for KERZHAKOV to blast the ball in. (1-0 Sunderland)
32¹MICHEL BASTOS ran onto a wonderful ball from JEFFREN but dragged his shot wide of the lefthand post.
38¹A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the oncoming Sunderland 'keeper.
42¹A fine ball from KERZHAKOV on the left bobbled toward HUNT who scuffed his shot inches over.
43¹The hapless 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from HELENIUS fell just over.
44¹GOAL!! The Chelsea 'keeper got into trouble with a backpass from CICINHO and EVANS managed to poke the ball into the net. (2-0 Sunderland)
45¹ALEX headed over the bar.
47¹CRISCITO's shot beat the Sunderland 'keeper but rebounded off the Sunderland upright.
1²A good effort from CANI scraped the top of the crossbar.
2²A free-kick from MICHEL BASTOS floated wide.
6²GOAL!! DEL HORNO tried to play the ball out of the Sunderland penalty area but was tackled by PJANIC who flicked the ball to MICHEL BASTOS for a simple goal. (2-1 Sunderland)
9²Uncertainty in the Chelsea defence enabled HUNT to volley the ball wide.
23²The 'keeper dived to his left to block a lovely drive from Sunderland's KERZHAKOV.
27²GOAL!! A shot from KERZHAKOV dribbled through a crowd of players and rolled past the unsighted Chelsea 'keeper. (3-1 Sunderland)
38²COLOCCINI booked by WILEY for a late tackle.
42²A cross from ALEX left DEL HORNO in plenty of space but he scuffed his shot.

 
Sunderland
 
League position: 18
Home league form: XWXX
Overall league form: LXWWXXXW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Cristian ĮLVAREZ7½17 Sergio ROMERO
Nicky HUNT6 26 CICINHO
Asier DEL HORNO6½38 Domenico CRISCITO
Nigel REO-COKER7½47½Michael CARRICK(c)
Jonny EVANS7½57½Fabricio COLOCCINI
Stephen McMANUS6½67 Martin DEMICHELIS
David BENTLEY5½76½JEFFREN Isaas
(c)ALEX7½87 MICHEL Fernandes BASTOS
(p)Aleksandr KERZHAKOV7½97 Edgar CANI(p)
(f)Nicklas HELENIUS5½107 Miralem PJANIC(f)
Dean BOWDITCH5½117 Antonio CASSANO
Manager
Andranik TEYMOURIAN  12  Tranquillo BARNETTA
Stipe PLETIKOSA  13  Marco AMELIA
Liam DICKINSON6½14  Matthew UPSON
Lee HOLMES  15  Ryan BABEL
Barry FERGUSON  166½Alberto COSSENTINO
 
Chelsea
 
League position: 12
Away league form: XWLO
Overall league form: LXLWXLLO
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Sunderland 3 Chelsea 1
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 35,290, Stadium: Stadium of Light, Referee: Alan Wiley 8)

Kerzhakov 29¹, Evans 44¹, Kerzhakov 27²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Michel Bastos 6²
BentleyóDickinson 11²PjanicóCossentino 7²
  
 Coloccini 38²
52
29
1113
67
109
1616
36
49%51%
Man of the match: Domenico Criscito