Premier League - Kitson strike seals Stoke win

Eurosport - Sat, 29 Aug 19:21:00 2009

Dave Kitson's first Premier League goal for Stoke gave Tony Pulis's side a 1-0 win over Sunderland at the Britannia Stadium.

FOOTBALL David Kitson scores Stoke v Sunderland Premier League 2009 - 0

The lanky striker pounced two minutes before half-time with a close-range volley following a scramble in the visitors' penalty area.

It was only Kitson's second goal for the Potters after he scored the winner in the Carling Cup in midweek - and Sunderland could not deny him the plaudits again.

Both sides had plenty of possession in dangerous areas but mostly failed to find a telling pass to pierce their opponent's backline, with Stoke content to absorb any pressure Sunderland exerted.

Kitson could have opened the scoring as early as the seventh minute had he shown greater composure in converting a Rory Delap throw-in from inside the Sunderland box, slicing his shot wide.

The Black Cats possessed the formidable partnership of Kenwyne Jones and Darren Bent, but both looked impotent in the first half as a result of paltry service.

Bent had two shots blocked inside the Stoke box by Danny Higginbotham and Abdoulaye Faye respectively, but the striker could have been sharper in latching on to the deliveries.

The home side had their appeals for a penalty turned down in the 23rd minute when Faye was adjudged to have pushed Lorik Cana as the midfielder handled in the box - replays were inconclusive.

Gordon showed great anticipation on the half-hour mark to beat Liam Lawrence to the ball and spare Anton Ferdinand's blushes after he gave him a dreadful headed backpass.

Lawrence then came tantalisingly close to doubling Stoke's lead after half-time as Phil Bardsley's sprawling dive denied his fierce shot from the edge of the area with Gordon stranded.

Bent almost struck for Sunderland with a sharp turn with his back to goal, losing the shackles of Ryan Shawcross's marking with a swivel and shot which drifted narrowly wide of Thomas Sorensen's far post.

Steve Bruce made two changes as the second half wore on with Fraizer Campbell and a slimline Andy Reid replacing Steed Malbranque and the ineffectual Kieran Richardson, but neither made a meaningful impact.

Stoke's best move of the match came as Matthew Etherington made a marauding run down the left in the 67th minute before Lawrence found Kitson who threaded a perfectly-weighted pass to Fuller, but the striker fired over the bar.

As Sunderland's attacks continued to peter out, the play became increasingly scrappy and fragmented, much to Pulis's delight.

Indeed, the Stoke boss seized the opportunity to introduce new signing Tuncay and former Sunderland skipper Dean Whitehead to compound the visitors' frustration as all rhythm in the match was lost.

The pair combined in the final meaningful attack of the match with the Turk bustling his way down the left wing and whipping a devilish delivery across to Whitehead, but his despairing dive was not enough.

Steve Bruce's last Premier League away defeat came at the Britannia Stadium as manager of Wigan last season, and he suffered again at the hands of the Potters.

As a result of the victory, Stoke leapfrog the visitors into third place, while Sunderland drop to eighth after their second defeat of the season.

Dan Quarrell / Eurosport

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  1. This should highlight Sean A's special needs

    From Tony K, on Mon 31 Aug 7:23PM

  2. Sean A - comment 4

    sunderland 4
    stoke city 0

    Sean A­ -­ comment 43

    Its a game i knew we would struggle­­ in

    Like i said.....f.ucking idiot.

    ITS TOO­­ EASY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    From Tony K, on Mon 31 Aug 7:23PM

  3. Sean A - comment 4

    sunderland 4
    stoke city 0

    Sean A­ -­ comment 43

    Its a game i knew we would struggle­­ in

    Like i said.....f.ucking idiot.

    ITS TOO­­ EASY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    From Tony K, on Mon 31 Aug 7:22PM

  4. Sean A - comment 4

    sunderland 4
    stoke city 0

    Sean A­ -­ comment 43

    Its a game i knew we would struggle­­ in

    Like i said.....f.ucking idiot.

    ITS TOO­­ EASY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    From Tony K, on Mon 31 Aug 7:22PM

  5. Sean A - comment 4

    sunderland 4
    stoke city 0

    Sean A­ -­ comment 43

    Its a game i knew we would struggle­­ in

    Like i said.....f.ucking idiot.

    ITS TOO­­ EASY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    From Tony K, on Mon 31 Aug 7:22PM

  6. Sean A - comment 4

    sunderland 4
    stoke city 0

    Sean A­ -­ comment 43

    Its a game i knew we would struggle­­ in

    Like i said.....f.ucking idiot.

    ITS TOO­­ EASY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    From Tony K, on Mon 31 Aug 7:21PM

  7. Just thought i'd drop this little nugget in­ again.........

    Sean A - comment 4

    sunderland 4
    stoke­ city 0

    Sean A -­ comment 43

    Its a game i knew we­ would struggle­ in

    Like i said.....f.ucking­ idiot.

    ITS TOO­ EASY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    From Tony K, on Mon 31 Aug 7:21PM

  8. Sean A

    What planet or substance do you think this­ doubly student unwashed from up the road is on.­ Mars-ijuana/Saturn-amphetamines.Unreal the dipstick,­ shockingly bombed out.

    FTM

    I hope they get a right­ pasting tonight by the way/HA HA HA HA

    From Paul N, on Mon 31 Aug 6:12PM

  9. Paul N, correct indeed

    From Sean A, on Mon 31 Aug 5:49PM

  10. Came-on,You have some form of schizophrenia you head­ case.
    He's took the proverbial out of whoever you­ think you are yesterday/today, from his original first­ post.You respond with quotes like-just as I predicted,­ told you so, when in reality you say nothing of any­ substance and the Little you do say is utter @#$%.You­ have embarrassed yourself BIG time you Ferrel­ Numpty.

    FTM

    From Paul N, on Mon 31 Aug 5:27PM

  11. Cameron w aka (Boards)

    The "I" bit was­ emphasizing YOUR "God like far superior­ existence" and not picking up on tedious­ grammatical errors.

    Seany Sean, I think we are­ fella

    I would say the obvious titles would be the­ "The Cat and the Mouse" the old skirting­ boards connection "Pinky and Perky" me the­ latter you understand. "The Haves and the Have­ nots" pretty self explanatory, and finally when­ when theirs no one left to blame "Blaming the ones­ you love and who are closest" for all your­ woe's.

    "The pride of county­ Durham"since 1879

    SAFC

    From PWilson, on Mon 31 Aug 2:45PM

  12. 1.2-0 Stoke win.Cameron W -------------aka (Alistair­ Campbell the grammatical god of Spin).

    while you are­­ willing defeat on NUFC tonight (something i NEVER do­ to­ safc by the way).erm!!! that little prediction in­ the top "Left" I think belongs to you.(You­ beginning to LOSE your marbles) now you must remember­ what mummy Cameron told you, about liars with bad­ memories.

    Your­ failure to address the matter at hand­ astonishes me-your need to abuse me however, does­ not!
    Your making an Olympic effort of that yourself­ fella (mind not that you know about it) WT you truly­ are something else pal??? INFACT I'm going to refer­ to you as "Boards" from now on, because you­ manage to skirt around everything in that blinkered­ lefty way of your's.

    oh!!! your a winner alright­ fella-of Olympic proportions.

    PS:I assume the pay and­ stress factors of an English teacher(are really not­ worth the hassle) Although obviously, a very honest and­ sincere profession Mr Grammar.Still I wish you well in­ your punctuation motivated career.PS -I don't think­ they were the points they had in mind, when they were­ on about converting them into prizes.

    "The pride­ of county Durham" since 1879

    SAFC, and Cameron­ also agrees with me apparently!!!!.

    From PWilson, on Mon 31 Aug 2:21PM

  13. p.s who are NUFC playing tonight? honestly haven't­ had the interest to look,they'll win 85% of their­ games in that league b4 January then things'll get­ a bit tricky and there4 worth keeping an eye on,once­ the £60,000 per week players have been sold

    From jack torrance, on Mon 31 Aug 12:58PM

  14. cameron gymnastics or boxing?
    sounds like a no brainer­ to me ,
    though hey I'm as much of a sucker for a­ pink leotard as the next guy
    giggity giggity

    From jack torrance, on Mon 31 Aug 12:55PM

  15. pwilson and cameron? ever considerd writing a book­ together..................

    From Sean A, on Mon 31 Aug 11:25AM
  16. Comment hidden due to its low rating. Show

    Oh and yes, 'i' am aware of­ the'I'!
    'I' guess 'i' am just­ lazy!

    From cameron w, on Mon 31 Aug 11:22AM

  17. Congratulations!
    Within one grammatically-error-strewn­ post, you have proved everything i have stated!
    Your­ failure to address the matter at hand astonishes me;­ your need to abuse me however, does not!
    I win, you­ lose (a bit like safc really!).
    ps
    while you are­ willing defeat on NUFC tonight (something i NEVER do to­ safc by the way), do go and check out the attendance­ figures . . . . . . 'Pride of County Durham'­ indeed!!!!

    From cameron w, on Mon 31 Aug 11:19AM

  18. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha . . . . . is that it!

    Certain­ people, as" i" keep saying, love­ to dish it­ - it's a shame they can't say anything remotely­ articulate in­ return! PAL???

    Again "I­"­ merely point out(like I'm Brian Paisley Shankly­ Ferguson Wenger Clough) a couple of shortcomings and­ the­ hostile reaction is astonishing . . . . . .­ pathetic! It most cringe worthy excruciatingly neck­ bursting is Cameron in your case.

    PS:Stalin was a­ lefty too!!! he also censored, opposed anyone­ else's opinions and insisted he was­ always"right"(metaphorically speaking of­ course)

    "The pride of county Durham"since­ 1879

    SAFC

    From PWilson, on Mon 31 Aug 10:09AM

  19. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha . . . . . is that it!
    Of course they­ are gonna disagree with me, they are mackems, ergo they­ are biased; besides, YOU asked people to thumbs down my­ comments, and those of every other 'outsider'­ !
    As for 'taxpayers money'; erm, what world are­ you living in pal; those days are long gone!
    Twenty­ thousand pounds of MY money, not a penny of taxpayers­ money, has gone into the coffers of my education­ establishment!
    Certain people, as i keep saying, love­ to dish it - it's a shame they can't take it in­ return!
    Malcolm D being a prime example!
    No malice­ whatsoever from me - however, take a look at the­ comments aimed in my direction. So much abuse,­ aggression and nastiness; THAT'S the difference. I­ merely point out a couple of shortcomings and the­ hostile reaction is astonishing . . . . . . pathetic!

    From cameron w, on Mon 31 Aug 9:42AM

  20. Cameron, I thought it was one of the Play-station­ adds(I almost missed it fella)

    ANYWAY, Judging by the­ empathic response's, I'd categorically state­ that their is one purveyor of Drivel on here, and If I­ were you I'd take Paul N's advice and buy a­ mirror.In-fact I'd start visiting fairground­ auctions in the hope of buying a (hall of).
    Personally,­ I expected a little more of an articulate response from­ an "alleged student" still good to see our­ large tax bills are being distributed prudently to the­ areas that require it the most.

    Finally on your last­ point, after replying too TK I at 18.20 I sat down for­ dinner before I then got my arse kicked by my 5 yr old­ at tennis on the Wi.I then put my youngest to be and­ read her a story just before 8,so the answer would be­ 15mins top. Sav.vy

    I and judging by the amount of­ thumbs down and posts by others, eagerly await your­ DRIVEL of a response and I'm obviously presuming ­ they can't wait neither.

    "The pride of county­ Durham"since 1879

    SAFC

    PS: I'm very much­ suspecting your that kid that used stand behind the­ goal in is school blazer with a note from his mum,­ excusing him from PE on the grounds of having a­ "Driveling nose and not feeling to clever".

    From PWilson, on Mon 31 Aug 8:56AM
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