| 2¹ | The Barnsley 'keeper did well to hold onto an amazing strike from PARK. |
| 5¹ | OSMAN rattled an easy chance past the far post. |
| 8¹ | NEDVED beat PARKER and flicked the ball to LÓPEZ who hit his shot wide. |
| 8¹ | A great save prevented PARK from scoring a good goal. |
| 12¹ | JENAS chipped the ball to PARK who forced it over the bar. |
| 13¹ | FOSTER was able to claw away a fierce effort. |
| 14¹ | Uncertainty in the Sunderland defence enabled CRESPO to blast the ball over. |
| 18¹ | A weak shot from VÍCTOR rolled agonisingly wide. |
| 22¹ | MILNER made space on the left and knocked the ball to JOHNSON who rasped the ball over. |
| 24¹ | CRESPO dribbled past UPSON and rattled a tame shot over the bar. |
| 26¹ | LÓPEZ ran onto a wonderful ball from NEDVED but toe-poked his effort wide. |
| 29¹ | A refined cross from NEDVED was shot goalbound by CLEMENT only for the Sunderland 'keeper to palm clear. |
| 38¹ | GOAL!! A twenty-five yard free-kick was skillfully blasted into the net by MILNER. (1-0 Sunderland)| 41¹ | GOAL!! A long clearance by the Sunderland 'keeper beat the Barnsley defence and JENAS slammed the ball beyond the oncoming Barnsley 'keeper. (2-0 Sunderland)| 42¹ | A header by CRESPO at the far post was comfortably collected by FOSTER. | | 5² | MILNER headed just beyond the far post. | | 9² | A fine ball from BENTLEY on the left bobbled toward UPSON who mishit his shot over. | | 11² | PARK was put clear by CAMPBELL and he nutmegged the Barnsley 'keeper but rammed his shot over. | | 12² | GOAL!! A shot from CRESPO rolled through a crowd of players and trickled past the unsighted 'keeper. (2-1 Sunderland)| 20² | OSMAN beat a number of Sunderland players and slammed an effort over. | | 29² | PARK shot wide. | | 38² | A penalty box meleé resulted in DOWNING driving a low shot over. | | 40² | DOWNING worked the ball to JENAS, MILNER gathered his cross and headed the ball within easy reach of the Barnsley 'keeper. | | 40² | MILNER booted the ball wide from the edge of the box. | | | |