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Commentary
GOAL!! Uncertainty between DE SILVESTRI and the 'keeper allowed DEFOE to drill the ball into the empty net. (1-0 Sunderland)
DEFOE was put clear by SAMUEL and he nutmegged the 'keeper but glanced his shot over the bar.
14¹The Sunderland 'keeper did well to hold onto an amazing strike from GUARDADO.
16¹SAMUEL flicked a left foot shot over the bar from close range.
21¹A fine ball from WARNOCK on the right found GUARDADO who scuffed his effort just beyond the near post.
22¹JOÃO MOUTINHO made space on the right and pulled the ball to DERBYSHIRE who touched the ball wide.
25¹A good effort from CAREW scraped the woodwork.
27¹CAPDEVILA cautioned by DEAN for a bad tackle.
29¹A shot from BUSQUETS was smothered by the 'keeper.
33¹The stunned 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from WARNOCK fell just wide.
37¹A delightful save prevented CAREW from scoring a good goal.
38¹CAREW rushed through the Sunderland defence but shot straight at the Sunderland 'keeper.
40¹GOAL!! An outswinging corner was hoofed clear only for RIBÉRY to crack the ball into the net. (2-0 Sunderland)
43¹Uncertainty in the Blackburn Rovers defence enabled RIBÉRY to hammer an effort over the bar.
45¹A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the advancing Sunderland 'keeper.
CAREW's shot beat VAN DER SAR but rebounded off the Sunderland crossbar.
RIBÉRY ran onto a delightful ball from MILNER but fired his shot wide.
MILNER knocked the ball to RIBÉRY who nodded it over.
15²DEAN cautions SAMUEL.
19²A free-kick from CAREW floated inches over.
21²DEFOE's shot was well held by the Blackburn Rovers 'keeper.
21²RIBÉRY nodded the ball wide from the edge of the box.
26²A twenty yard drive from CAREW caused VAN DER SAR little difficulty.
28²MODRIC shot wide.
37²CAREW clipped the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
40²CARRAGHER beat a number of Blackburn Rovers players and stroked a great chance inches over.

 
Sunderland
 
League position: 6
Home league form: WLWW
Overall league form: LWWLWWWW
Formation: 4-5-1
Line-ups
Edwin VAN DER SAR1Guillermo OCHOA
Jamie CARRAGHER2Tomás UJFALUSI
James MILNER3Sergio BUSQUETS
Alessandro NESTA4Stephen WARNOCK
(c)Walter SAMUEL5André OOIJER
Joan CAPDEVILA6Lorenzo DE SILVESTRI
(f)Nigel DE JONG7Rodrigo TADDEI(c,f)
Luka MODRIC8Andrés GUARDADO
(p)Jermain DEFOE9John CAREW(p)
Yaya TOURÉ10JOÃO Filipe MOUTINHO
Franck RIBÉRY11Matt DERBYSHIRE
Dan lightfootManagerRobert RICHARDSON
Arturo VIDAL  12  KOKE
Tim WIESE  13  Axel WITSEL
Dirk KUYT  14  Alberto LOPO
GERVINHO  15  Alberto AQUILANI
MAXWELL Scherer  16  MARC MUNIESA Martínez
 
Blackburn Rovers
 
League position: 15
Away league form: LXLL
Overall league form: LLWWXLLX
Formation: 4-4-2

Statistics
Sunderland 2 Blackburn Rovers 0
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 59,977, Stadium: Stadium of Light, Referee: Mike Dean 7½)

Defoe 0¹, Ribéry 40¹
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
 
  
  
Capdevila 27¹, Samuel 15² 
65
107
1611
38
94
1212
18
52%48%
Man of the match: Lorenzo de Silvestri