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Saturday September 22, 2007 Finished Riverside Stadium

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Middlesbrough

  • Arca 11’
  • Downing 66’

Sunderland

  • Leadbitter 1’
  • Miller 88’
  1. Sunderland nick a point

    Sunderland nick a point

    Liam Miller stole a point for Sunderland in the 88th minute of a pulsating North East derby with Middlesbrough which ended 2-2. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Middlesbrough
    • Sunderland
    • 93' It's all over. Liam Miller has stolen a point for Sunderland in a pulsating North East derby at The Riverside.
    • 92' Boro appeal for a penalty after Luke Young was brought down by a posse of three Sunderland players, but the ref waves play on.
    • 91' And Cattermole almost steals all three points for Boro! His low left-footed shot bobbled just past the Sunderland post. Some shocking defending from Greg Halford to give Boro the opening.
    • 90' We've got 3 minutes of injury time to come.
    • 88' GOAL FOR SUNDERLAND! Liam Miller with a spectacular left-foot half volley from the edge of the penalty area. The ball flew into the top left corner of the Boro net. There was nothing Schwarzer could do!
    • 87' O'Neil cuts in from the right wing before crossing with the outside of his right foot. But there's no-one there.
    • 85' O'Donovan concedes a foul in a strong challenge for the ball just outside the Boro area. More frustration for Sunderland and their manager Roy Keane, who is bellowing at his players from the dug out.
    • 83' Boro have had the majority of the ball again this half. The stats show they've had 55 per cent possession overall.
    • 82' Sunderland just can't get things going. Leadbitter has just misplaced a simple pass straight into touch.
    • 81' Rochemback fires the ball high into the crowd with a half volley from the edge of the area.
    • 79' Another great chance for O'Neil as he gets on the end of a great cross by Young from the right hand side. He gets under the header though to send it well over.
    • 78' But Downing is able to shepherd the ball out for a goal kick.
    • 78' Sunderland win a free kick just inside the Boro half. They throw everyone forward.
    • 75' Well he can't do a Paul Ince and send himself on, so Keane has to be content with putting on O'Donovan for Ross Wallace. They've got four strikers on the pitch now!
    • 74' Roy Keane is looking glum on the sidelines. I bet he wishes he could come on to shake his team up now. They could do with him.
    • 70' Sunderland sub Liam Miller is the latest man to be booked after a foul on Fabio Rochemback. That's the seventh caution of the match.
    • 69' Leadbitter strikes from just outside the Boro area on the left. He gets enough power on his shot, but it goes high and wide.
    • 68' Sunderland are piling men forward. They'll be vulnerable to conceding another on the break, but they have to go for it.
    • 67' Roy Keane immediately makes a change, bringing on Stokes for Yorke. The young striker will play further forward than Yorke has been.
    • 66' GOAL FOR MIDDLESBROUGH! Downing with a long range effort that flies low past Gordon in the Sunderland goal. It was with his right foot too!
    • 62' O'Neil with another great chance. His half-volley falls wide of Gordon's post though.
    • 61' Cattermole is cautioned too by Howard Webb.
    • 61' Leadbitter's lucky to get away with a booking.
    • 60' Fight! Cattermole flies into a late challenge on Leadbitter, who gets up to confront him. They go head to head and it looked like Leadbitter throttled Cattermole!
    • 59' Andrew Taylor gets his name added to the referee's book for a bad foul on Leadbitter.
    • 58' Mido finally gives way after picking up a knock in the first half. Lee Cattermole is on in his place. That's going to mean a rejig in the Boro formation.
    • 57' An O'Neil cross is knocked back dangerously into the Sunderland penalty area, but it's hacked away by Paul McShane.
    • 55' Ross Wallace fires a great shot just past the post from the left hand side of the Boro area. That was very, very close for Sunderland.
    • 54' Dodgy keeping by Schwarzer who charged miles out of his area to tamely punch the ball into the ground. He gets away with it though as his defenders hack the ball clear.
    • 53' Boateng concedes a free kick just inside his own half.
    • 52' Sunderland make their first change. Liam Miller is on for Etuhu in midfield.
    • 49' Great effort by Dong Gook from the edge of the penalty area which curls narrowly wide of Craig Gordon's left hand post.
    • 48' A Downing cross is prodded by Dong Gook back to O'Neil, but the midfielder's shot is weak and easily saved by Gordon.
    • 47' Ferocious drive from Jones from outside the area! It flies high and wide though.
    • 47' Etuhu makes a lively burst into the Boro penalty area. The ball ends off hitting a defender's heals and going into Mark Schwarzer's hands.
    • 46' Sunderland kick off to get the second half going.
    • HT The teams walk out for the second half. Mido is limping slightly as he walks out. He looks to be struggling - will he last the next 45 minutes?
    • 45' The whistle goes for half-time.
    • 45' A quick Sunderland break falls apart as Leadbitter's through ball is misread by Chopra.
    • 45' We're into injury time - we've got 3 minutes to come.
    • 44' It's a real physical scrap this. Leadbitter has been injured in a clash with Boateng in the centre of the pitch. It looked like a fair challenge as both midfielders went for the loose ball. But Sunderland get a free kick.
    • 42' Chopra follows Etuhu into the ref's notebook for not retreating 10 yards from a free kick. Stupid booking to pick up for the striker.
    • 40' Odd moment there. Lee Cattermole was all ready to be brought on - seemingly for Mido - but then was waved back to the bench by the Egyptian striker.
    • 40' Etuhu picks up the first booking of the afternoon for a late challenge on Luke Young.
    • 37' Mido is moving about the pitch looking for the ball. This time he wins a corner after making a run in from the left wing.
    • 36' Great chance for Boro! A deflected Downing cross found O'Neil with the whole goal to aim at... but the midfielder powered his shot over the bar.
    • 35' Dong-Gook has a dig from distance. It flies high and wide though.
    • 32' Middlesbrough have had the majority of the ball so far with 57 per cent possession, but Sunderland look dangerous on the break. When Boro commit men forward they've been leaving the midfield area very open. Boateng's introduction might change that.
    • 31' But the injury-prone defender picks himself up.
    • 30' And now Woodgate's collapsed in a heap. They're going down like dominoes here.
    • 28' Now Jones has gone down injured for Sunderland after a foul by Boateng. Boateng picks up the first caution of the afternoon and the T and T player gets up again.
    • 26' Boateng comes on for Arca. At least he got his goal before getting injured.
    • 25' Shot by O'Neil! The recent signing struck from the edge of the area after being teed up by Dong Gook, but his shot was easily saved by Gordon.
    • 23' It looks like Arca will have to be taken off. He's lying on the side of the pitch as if he's been shot.
    • 22' Yorke goes into a hard challenge with Arca in midfield and the Argentinian comes off the worse. He's clutching his left knee and rolling around in agony.
    • 21' Now Chopra has a header saved by Schwarzer.
    • 21' Replays show that O'Neil was right - Higginbotham definitely handled in his own area there. It wasn't deliberate but it could have been given. Lucky escape for Sunderland.
    • 21' And now Sunderland win a corner at the other end. It's box-to-box stuff.
    • 20' O'Neil appeals for a hand ball in the Sunderland box but his appeals are waved away.
    • 19' But Wallace's cross is cut out and Boro look to break...
    • 18' Sunderland win another free kick in a dangerous area. This time wide on the right wing after Downing tripped Halford.
    • 17' Leadbitter's centre is cut out at the near post.
    • 16' It goes for a corner to the away side.
    • 15' Sunderland are looking for a reply. Yorke wins a free kick in a dangerous position. Wallace looks to cross...
    • 12' GOAL FOR MIDDLESBROUGH! Arca heads them level with a goal against his old club! He got a great connection on the end of an O'Neil cross from the right to force the ball past Gordon. Game on.
    • 11' Rochemback goes desperately close to getting the leveller with a low left-footed shot which flies just wide of Gordon's left-hand post.
    • 10' It doesn't look good for the Turk. He hobbles off the pitch. Dong-Gook is going to come on in his place.
    • 9' Tuncay's gone done with a problem to his left knee.
    • 5' But Craig Gordon collects confidently in the Sunderland area.
    • 4' The corner comes to nothing but moments later Wheater has an effort deflected wide for another corner.
    • 3' Middlesbrough come straight back with O'Neil forcing Gordon into a save at his near post. It's turned around the post for a corner.
    • 1' GOAL FOR SUNDERLAND! Leadbitter gets on the end of lightening break from the Black Cats to give them the lead in the first minute. Chopra's tame shot fell beautifully for the young midfielder in the box and he made no mistake with the finish.
    • 1' Howard Webb blows the whistle to get the game started.
    • 0' Roy Keane and Gareth Southgate shake hands in the dug out. Those two have met on the pitch countless times before - memorably when Keane stamped on Southgate in an FA Cup tie many moons ago. They seemed to have patched things up now though.
    • 0' Team news. Middlesbrough give a start to new boy Gary O'Neil in place of captain George Boateng, while Sunderland recall Greg Halford after his return from suspension. Tuncay starts up front for the home team in place of the injured Aliadiere.
    • 0' Welcome to Eurosport and Yahoo's minute-by-minute coverage of the North East derby between Middlesbrough and Sunderland from The Riverside Stadium.

  • Team Stats

    Middlesbrough Stats Sunderland
    53% Possession 46%
    18 Shots 12
    4 Shots on target 4
    0 Saves 0
    7 Corners 2
    14 Fouls 18
    0 Offsides 3
    3 Yellow cards 4
    0 Red cards 0
    11 Tackles 19
    268 Accurate passes 223
    39 Bad passes 38

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Middlesbrough
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Mark Schwarzer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
      8 Jonathan Woodgate 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 25 0 3
      33 Andrew Taylor 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 24 13 1
      2 Luke Young 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 30 0 1
      31 David Wheater 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 18 4 0
      4 Gary O'Neil 0 6 2 1 0 0 1 31 1 5
      3 Julio Arca 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 9 0 1
      10 Fábio Rochemback 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 42 9 0
      19 Stewart Downing 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 24 8 0
      17 Tuncay Sanli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
      9 Ahmed Hossam Mido 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 10 1 0
      18 Dong Gook Lee 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 11 0 0
      7 George Boateng 0 0 0 5 3 0 1 25 0 0
      5 Chris Riggott 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      27 Lee Cattermole 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 10 3 0
      22 Bradley Jones 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Sunderland
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Craig Gordon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0
      6 Paul McShane 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 17 0 2
      15 Danny Collins 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 34 14 5
      2 Greg Halford 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 24 0 2
      14 Danny Higginbotham 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 21 5 0
      4 Dickson Etuhu 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 6 0 4
      19 Dwight Yorke 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 24 3 2
      33 Ross Wallace 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 12 7 1
      18 Grant Leadbitter 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 22 2 1
      16 Michael Chopra 0 3 1 2 0 2 1 16 1 1
      17 Kenwyne Jones 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 21 1 0
      12 Liam Miller 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 14 4 1
      9 Anthony Stokes 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0
      3 Ian Harte 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      23 Roy O'Donovan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
      13 Darren Ward 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 91' And Cattermole almost steals all three points for Boro! His low left-footed shot bobbled just past the Sunderland post. Some shocking defending from Greg Halford to give Boro the opening.
    • 88' GOAL FOR SUNDERLAND! Liam Miller with a spectacular left-foot half volley from the edge of the penalty area. The ball flew into the top left corner of the Boro net. There was nothing Schwarzer could do!
    • 79' Another great chance for O'Neil as he gets on the end of a great cross by Young from the right hand side. He gets under the header though to send it well over.
    • 62' O'Neil with another great chance. His half-volley falls wide of Gordon's post though.
    • 55' Ross Wallace fires a great shot just past the post from the left hand side of the Boro area. That was very, very close for Sunderland.
    • 49' Great effort by Dong Gook from the edge of the penalty area which curls narrowly wide of Craig Gordon's left hand post.
    • 47' Ferocious drive from Jones from outside the area! It flies high and wide though.
    • 36' Great chance for Boro! A deflected Downing cross found O'Neil with the whole goal to aim at... but the midfielder powered his shot over the bar.
    • 25' Shot by O'Neil! The recent signing struck from the edge of the area after being teed up by Dong Gook, but his shot was easily saved by Gordon.
    • 21' Replays show that O'Neil was right - Higginbotham definitely handled in his own area there. It wasn't deliberate but it could have been given. Lucky escape for Sunderland.
    • 20' O'Neil appeals for a hand ball in the Sunderland box but his appeals are waved away.
    • 12' GOAL FOR MIDDLESBROUGH! Arca heads them level with a goal against his old club! He got a great connection on the end of an O'Neil cross from the right to force the ball past Gordon. Game on.
    • 11' Rochemback goes desperately close to getting the leveller with a low left-footed shot which flies just wide of Gordon's left-hand post.
    • 3' Middlesbrough come straight back with O'Neil forcing Gordon into a save at his near post. It's turned around the post for a corner.
    • 1' GOAL FOR SUNDERLAND! Leadbitter gets on the end of lightening break from the Black Cats to give them the lead in the first minute. Chopra's tame shot fell beautifully for the young midfielder in the box and he made no mistake with the finish.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Middlesbrough

    Manager: Gareth Southgate

    Captain: Jonathan Woodgate

    On the Field

    • Schwarzer
    • Young
    • Woodgate
    • Wheater
    • Taylor
    • Rochemback
    • Arca
    • O'Neil
    • Downing
    • Tuncay
    • Mido

    Subs

    • Boateng
    • Riggott
    • Dong Gook
    • Jones
    • Cattermole

    Injured

    • Pogatetz
    • Aliadière
    • Huth
    • Bates

    Suspended

    None

  • Sunderland

    Manager: Roy Keane

    Captain: Dwight Yorke

    On the Field

    • Gordon
    • Halford
    • McShane
    • Higginbotham
    • Collins
    • Leadbitter
    • Etuhu
    • Yorke
    • Wallace
    • Chopra
    • Jones

    Subs

    • Harte
    • Ward
    • Miller
    • Stokes
    • O'Donovan

    Injured

    • Varga
    • Cole
    • Richardson
    • Edwards
    • Whitehead
    • Anderson

    Suspended

    None