Premier League - SWP thrills on City return

Eurosport - Mon, 01 Sep 10:56:00 2008

Shaun Wright-Phillips paid off the first instalment of his transfer fee with a double to ease Manchester City to a 3-0 victory at Sunderland.

FOOTBALL 2008-2009 Premier League Manchester City Shaun Wright-Phillips - 0

The England international struck five minutes after the break and then again with 58 minutes gone to kill off the woeful Black Cats in Sunday's Premier League clash at the Stadium of Light.

Stephen Ireland had opened the scoring in first-half injury time and the home side never looked like dragging themselves back into the game.

Grant Leadbitter had come closest to breaking the deadlock for Roy Keane's men in the first half when he fired wide after seven minutes and then sent a dipping free-kick just over the bar 12 minutes later.

But Ireland was to give City the advantage at the break when he side-footed home from close range after the Black Cats had failed to deal with Michael Johnson's right-wing cross.

And soon after the restart, Johnson slipped the ball to Jo on the left side of the penalty area, and his firm low cross allowed Wright-Phillips to side-foot into the empty net with the home defence in tatters.

The game was effectively over within three minutes when Wright-Phillips ran on to Michael Ball's ball over the top and lifted a shot over the advancing Craig Gordon and into the net, with Phil Bardsley's efforts to clear proving in vain.

The result moved City up to second in the table, while Sunderland find themselves in 18th place.

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  1. it was agreat goal by swp

    From gooner_mark, on Mon 26 Jan 5:41PM

  2. samson, nigeria.i wish swp the best of luck. gunners­ for life.

    From Samson, on Mon 1 Sep 1:01PM

  3. i wish he will continue to perform like that. otherwise­ it will be terrible 4 him. iam a gunner fan.

    From Samson, on Mon 1 Sep 12:59PM

  4. Us Gooners would have loved him at Arsenal. Good Luck­ to Shaun and to City.

    From LEE B, on Mon 1 Sep 11:13AM

  5. well done son! that was the wright move!

    From faraazmia, on Mon 1 Sep 9:55AM

  6. Just like to say well done SWP. I'm a Chelsea fan.­ It's a shame it didn't work out at the bridge,­ like to wish him all the best at Man City.
    I went out­ for a drink with him last year when he was in Dubai,­ he's a very humble down to earth guy.

    From monty, on Mon 1 Sep 7:47AM

  7. It's a shame for him that Arsenal don't need­ him! He would be much better off there! That's his­ true dream playing for Arsenal like his dad before him!­ He only went to Chelsea in a hope to improve his­ national team chances!

    From Dave, on Mon 1 Sep 7:32AM

  8. Another 6points from London reds this year i think

    From BallsDeep, on Mon 1 Sep 1:56AM

  9. Great return for SWP, would've loved to see him at­ LFC, but it's his career. Wish him all the best at­ MCFC and hopes he can build on this performance, apart­ from when hes at Anfield.

    YNWA

    From clivewilliamson, on Sun 31 Aug 11:57PM

  10. Calm down Man City fans, after all it was against­ Sunderland, I just can't wait to see how great you­ think you are when you play Hull

    From RaulThe2nd, on Sun 31 Aug 10:30PM

  11. hey guys just imagine someone like theo walcott was a­ player in chelsea just like swp he would have gotten­ rotten on bench hahahahaha

    From emmanuel e, on Sun 31 Aug 9:47PM

  12. Great win for us blues, but hey lets not get carried­ away remember what happened last year. Welcome home­ SWP.

    From young644, on Sun 31 Aug 9:38PM

  13. why is it when mancity win they always say th oposition­ were rubbish

    From RAYMOND P, on Sun 31 Aug 9:22PM

  14. SIMON P,WHY DO ALL YOU GLORY-HUNTERS LOOK ON MCFC's­ TEAM PAGE? I'D NEVER WASTE MY TIME LOOKING ON­ UTD'S! I GET THE IMPRESSION THAT YOU ARE WORRIED­ WITH THE POOSIBILITY OF CITY BECOMING A GENUINE FORCE­ TO BE RECKON WITH! BLUE MOON RISING!!!!

    From jaykyn, on Sun 31 Aug 8:33PM
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    All city fans are the same!!! win 1 game and you`ve one­ the title.. dream on!!! try 10 times manchesters monkey­ team the red one!!

    From simon p, on Sun 31 Aug 8:01PM

  16. tom k, I'm a blue! It was Lilo Lil liverpool­ (anthony g) who wasted comment space with his scumbag­ opinion. I totally agree with you. I dont know why the­ gravel-gob tit even takes up his time looking on­ City's page, obviously he must be worried with what­ happening down at Manchester's real football club!

    From Stephen, on Sun 31 Aug 7:41PM

  17. I'm not carried away but the signings Mark Hughes­ has brought in are exceptionally good, so good that­ Elano & Ben Hiam were on the bench today against­ Sunderland who we mauled 3-0 could have been more.

    A­ couple more good signings by Hughsie today has cheered­ me up no end and maybe Mark has one more tucked away­ for tomorrow (hopefully) considering all the problems­ we have City are doing very nicely thankyou.

    Welcome­ home SWP and well done my son, hope you have saved a­ couple more for Chelsea in a couple of weeks.

    Up The­ Blues.

    From JOHN, on Sun 31 Aug 7:28PM

  18. to spknott. actually u will find ur in trafford­ park,not manchester as u stated...sounds like at least­ one red is getting worried,must be remembering last­ years 2 defeats by man city on them.

    From tom, on Sun 31 Aug 7:03PM

  19. sdland strong team f"@k off,could have been 5.city­ only getting started, bring on the rest.really good­ buys sparky.bluemoon.

    From bluemoon, on Sun 31 Aug 7:00PM
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    spknott, There`s only one football team in Manchester­ and they wear red!!!!
    Lilo LiL. Liverpool.

    From Anthony, on Sun 31 Aug 6:52PM
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