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Sunderland

Everton

  • Pienaar 48’
  • Fellaini 71’

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  1. Everton dismiss poor Sunderland

    Everton dismiss poor Sunderland

    Everton moved into fifth place in the Premier League with a 2-0 win away against a desperately disappointing Sunderland side. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Sunderland
    • Everton
    • 90+4' That's the end of that. Desperately poor from Sunderland, who remain in serious relegation trouble.
    • 90+1' Phil Bardsley picks up his 10th booking of the season.
    • 90' Diligent work from Neville to win the ball in the right-back position and launch a counter-attack.
    • 88' Yobo gets tangled with Jones who is running through on goal... referee Atkinson says no foul. The Evertonian a touch lucky, perhaps.
    • 86' Everton make another change - Secundo Castillo replaces the promising Gosling.
    • 85' Saha has his foot up and catches Anton Ferdinand. Yellow card for the Frenchman, and an absorbent bandage for Ferdinand.
    • 84' Yellow card Gosling for an over-zealous challenge.
    • 83' Now Carlos Edwards comes on for Steed Malbranque.
    • 81' Louis Saha comes on for Jo. A brief run-out for the injury-prone Frenchman.
    • 79' The hitherto excellent Pienaar is shown a yellow card, but Sunderland fail to create anything from the free-kick.
    • 78' Jo! Glances a header goalwards but there is no power.
    • 76' Malbranque's cross comes off the outside of his boot and nearly swerves over Howard, who reacts well and tips the ball over.
    • 74' On comes Jack Rodwell for Lars Jacobsen...
    • 73' Cahill gets away from Bardsley and has a more-or-less free header... over!
    • 72' It doesn't show a lot of faith in Sunderland's goalscoring powers that about half of the 41,000-strong crowd have just made for the exit 20 minutes from time.
    • 71' GOOAAALLL!! Marouane Fellaini makes it two for Everton!! Sunderland fail to cut out Pienaar's low cross from the right and Fellaini sidefoots coolly into the far corner.
    • 70' Baines lobs the free-kick towards Fellaini who looks like he is being pulled back, but referee Atkinson sees nothing wrong.
    • 69' Whitehead trips Pienaar 35 yards from goal - a bit far for a shot, but a good opportunity nonetheless.
    • 67' Lumped long downfield for Jo, who is beaten in the air and Sunderland look to break.
    • 65' Fellaini is through and nicks the ball past Fulop, but Davenport denies him with a brilliant saving tackle.
    • 64' Richardson strikes a powerful free-kick, but it is straight at Howard.
    • 63' Sunderland make a change - David Healy on for the poor Djibril Cisse.
    • 62' Everton work the ball around with some superb one and two-touch passing but Pienaar loses possession at the edge of the box.
    • 61' Sunderland are certainly playing with a bit more tempo even if the quality is not great.
    • 59' Diagonal cross curled towards Cahill but Davenport does really well to get a glancing touch on it.
    • 57' Everton win a corner on the left deep inside the Sunderland half... Pienaar lofts a cross towards Gosling who just cannot get a foot up to it.
    • 56' Another corner for Sunderland who have certainly perked up... glanced goalwards by Jones but with no power.
    • 54' Offside flag up against Jo as Everton threaten to add a second goal.
    • 53' Risky backheader from Yobo which has just enough pace to get to Howard ahead of Jones.
    • 52' Collins wins a corner off Gosling on the Sunderland left. A decent response. But the header is cleared.
    • 50' The Sunderland corner comes in for COLLINS!!! He heads straight at Howard but it is better from Sunderland.
    • 49' Yobo leaves a long throw from the Sunderland right and Jacobsen has to deal with it - he puts the ball out for a corner.
    • 48' GOOOAAALLL!!! A rare moment of quality results in the opener for Steven Pienaar. Jo plays a lovely through-ball for Pienaar who takes a touch and bundles the ball past Fulop!
    • 47' Everton make the brighter start to the second half but Baines's cross from the left is blocked.
    • 46' Second half under way! No personnel changes from either side.
    • 45+4' That's the end of a pretty atrocious half of football. Let's just draw a line under that.
    • 45+2' Baines hounds Bardsley back towards his own corner flag but the Sunderland man does well to knock the ball out off Baines's shins for a throw.
    • 45+1' Four minutes of stoppage time to be played and, quite frankly, nobody needs that.
    • 45' Leadbitter flies in on Fellaini who stays on his feet. A less honest player might have tried to get the Sunderland man a second yellow card.
    • 44' Gosling gets a couple of studs in the ankle courtesy of Richardson, but it was a fair challenge. Just unfortunate.
    • 42' Now Everton want a free-kick for a foul at the edge of the box but referee Atkinson says no dice.
    • 41' Leadbitter pulls Fellaini back by his shirt and that is a clear yellow card.
    • 39' Howard clears his lines and this is a chance for Everton to break. But Pienaar is fouled cynically by Richardson who is very lucky not to go into the book.
    • 38' Jo breaks forward down the centre and finds Pienaar on the left, whose shot from the edge of the box is blocked by his ownman Gosling.
    • 36' Sunderland win a corner on their left - can they provide better service into the box? Er, no...
    • 35' Baines sends a free-kick into the Sunderland box...and over the bar. Wasted.
    • 33' An amazing finish in the Heineken Cup semi-final between Cardiff and Leicester. Follow the closing minutes here
    • 32' Everton corner swung into the box but Yobo is penalised for a foul.
    • 31' Cynical foul from Davenport, holding Jo back. Clear yellow card.
    • 30' Fellaini uses his astonishing physical presence to stop Malbranque dead in his tracks. Foul.
    • 28' Malbranque has had a white paste applied to his head following that early clash so - from up high, it looks like he has a massive bald patch. Just thought you'd like to know.
    • 27' Collins jumps for a header and comes down the wrong way up. That looks painful, but he appears more or less unscathed.
    • 26' Leadbitter plays a one-two with Jones and fires a low shot that skids a yard wide of the left-hand post.
    • 24' An Everton free-kick is lofted into the danger area but Lescott, Cahill and Fellaini all fail to reach it. Mind you, they would have to have been nine feet tall and had the aid of a pogo stick.
    • 23' I have to say I'm really scratching around for anything to say about this. Very little incident worthy of note.
    • 21' Whitehead is away down the right but he overhits his cross... Sunderland keep it in play and eventually win a corner.
    • 19' Blimey, now Jo has a knock, Talk about a stop-start match.
    • 18' This is not a classic by any means. Everton certainly look the livelier and more inventive but is has not been stellar stuff.
    • 16' Another injury, this time to the groggy Tim Howard, who gets back to his feet after a brief bit of treatment.
    • 15' Pienaar slips a sensational ball through for Jo who drags his left-foot shot just wide from the left side of the box.
    • 14' Jo is released down the left channel but he strays just offside.
    • 12' Baines does extremely well to hold off the massive Kenwyne Jones and in the end Martin Atkinson awards Everton a free-kick that the Sunderland striker disputes vociferously.
    • 11' CAHILL!!! Strikes a 20-yarder with plenty of dip but it is straight at Fulop.
    • 9' Cahill meets the corner with a header and Fulop does really well to punch the ball away with Jo right in front of him.
    • 8' Baines feeds Pienaar down the left and he clips a cross... Ferdinand heads behind for a corner.
    • 7' It has been a steady start from both sides. Sunderland have won only one of their last nine and are bereft of confidence.
    • 5' Ferdinand is up and will attempt to soldier on.
    • 4' Another injury now as Anton Ferdinand stays down following a coming-together with Jo.
    • 3' Leadbitter swings in the first corner of the game and Everton deal with it relatively easily.
    • 2' There are men down following a clash of heads between Tim Cahill and Malbranque. Both men should be OK to continue.
    • 2' Phil Bardsley tangles with Marouane Fellaini, sticking a hand in the Everton man's face and then inadvertently kicking him in the crown jewels.
    • 1' Sunderland kick off playing from left to right as we see it.
    • - For Sunderland, Grant Leadbitter and Steed Malbranque get the nod ahead of Teemu Tainio and Carlos Edwards. Dan Gosling gets a run-out for Everton in the absence of Leon Osman.
    • - Sunderland are in real danger of dropping into the bottom three and desperately need points today. Victory for Everton would nail on their Europa League spot.

  • Team Stats

    Sunderland Stats Everton
    40% Possession 59%
    12 Shots 12
    2 Shots on target 6
    2 Saves 1
    9 Corners 3
    12 Fouls 15
    2 Offsides 7
    3 Yellow cards 4
    0 Red cards 0
    17 Tackles 18
    190 Accurate passes 353
    42 Bad passes 91

  • 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
    • Sunderland
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      32 Marton Fülöp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 0
      21 Calum Davenport 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 12 2 0
      15 Danny Collins 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 15 11 2
      2 Phillip Bardsley 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 18 1 2
      26 Anton Ferdinand 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 10 2 2
      18 Grant Leadbitter 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 26 2 3
      6 Dean Whitehead 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 29 9 4
      8 Steed Malbranque 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 21 2 2
      10 Kieran Richardson 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 20 5 1
      9 Djibril Cisse 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 7 1 0
      17 Kenwyne Jones 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 15 4 0
      12 Tal Ben Haim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      46 Nick Colgan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      7 Carlos Edwards 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
      30 Paul McShane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      4 Teemu Tainio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      23 David Healy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 0
      14 Daryl Murphy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Everton
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      24 Tim Howard 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 1 0
      4 Joseph Yobo 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 25 0 1
      3 Leighton Baines 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 47 21 3
      32 Dan Gosling 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 24 2 0
      15 Lars Jacobsen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 2
      5 Joleon Lescott 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 3 1
      17 Tim Cahill 0 3 2 3 2 0 0 35 7 4
      18 Philip Neville 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 46 9 3
      25 Marouane Fellaini 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 38 18 0
      20 Steven Pienaar 1 4 2 1 6 0 1 48 18 2
      11 João Alves de Assis Silva 0 4 1 1 2 6 1 19 8 1
      9 Louis Saha 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0
      38 James Wallace 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 Segundo Castillo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0
      35 Kieran Agard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      1 Carlo Nash 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      26 Jack Rodwell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 1
      14 James Vaughan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 71' GOOAAALLL!! Marouane Fellaini makes it two for Everton!! Sunderland fail to cut out Pienaar's low cross from the right and Fellaini sidefoots coolly into the far corner.
    • 65' Fellaini is through and nicks the ball past Fulop, but Davenport denies him with a brilliant saving tackle.
    • 50' The Sunderland corner comes in for COLLINS!!! He heads straight at Howard but it is better from Sunderland.
    • 48' GOOOAAALLL!!! A rare moment of quality results in the opener for Steven Pienaar. Jo plays a lovely through-ball for Pienaar who takes a touch and bundles the ball past Fulop!
    • 11' CAHILL!!! Strikes a 20-yarder with plenty of dip but it is straight at Fulop.
    • - Sunderland are in real danger of dropping into the bottom three and desperately need points today. Victory for Everton would nail on their Europa League spot.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Martin Atkinson

  • Sunderland

    Manager: Ricky Sbragia

    Captain: Dean Whitehead

    Starting line-up

    • M. Fulop
    • P. Bardsley Yellow Card
    • A. Ferdinand
    • C. Davenport Yellow Card
    • D. Collins
    • S. Malbranque Substitution Out (83′)
    • D. Whitehead
    • G. Leadbitter Yellow Card
    • K. Richardson
    • K. Jones
    • D. Cissé Substitution Out (63′)

    Subs

    • T. Tainio
    • D. Healy Substitution In63′
    • N. Colgan
    • C. Edwards Substitution In83′
    • T. Ben Haim
    • P. McShane
    • D. Murphy

    Injured

    • G. McCartney
    • N. Nosworthy
    • C. Gordon

    Suspended

    None

  • Everton

    Manager: David Moyes

    Captain: Philip Neville

    Starting line-up

    • T. Howard
    • L. Jacobsen Substitution Out (74′)
    • J. Lescott
    • J. Yobo
    • L. Baines
    • D. Gosling Yellow Card Substitution Out (86′)
    • P. Neville
    • T. Cahill
    • S. Pienaar Goal Yellow Card
    • M. Fellaini Goal
    • .. Jo Substitution Out (81′)

    Subs

    • L. Saha Substitution In81′ Yellow Card
    • C. Nash
    • J. Vaughan
    • S. Castillo Substitution In86′
    • J. Rodwell Substitution In74′
    • K. Agard
    • J. Wallace

    Injured

    • P. Jagielka
    • M. Arteta
    • L. Osman
    • A. Yakubu
    • V. Anichebe

    Suspended

    None

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  1. We do not pay to watch such a set of prima donnas­ " play acting " and pretending to be­ footballers. Teach them to control the ball, play­ football, - not to take dives.

    They are representing­ SUNDERLAND and should give their all !!

    From kennethhenderson, on Mon 4 May 3:23PM

  2. Being a SUNDERLAND fan i will never ever go and pay to­ watch another professional football match anywere. the­ prices they charge and the wages they pay to these so­ called prima donnas is just not worth it. its about­ time the fans stayed away and go shopping with there­ wives it would be much cheaper and less stressful.

    From powermouse, on Mon 4 May 10:37AM

  3. P.MCSHANE IS TOTALY S.H.I.T.E HE SHOULD BE PLAYING FOR­ HARTLEPOOL HES FREAKING PROPER PROPER CRUD.CHASE THE­ F.O.O.K.E.R

    From robbieisfineshedyahoooo, on Mon 4 May 9:33AM

  4. david moyes should be given alot of credit for work he­ does with that team, no money no strikers, lost they­ best medfileder and finsh in the top half of the table

    From michael, on Sun 3 May 10:04PM

  5. ha,way the lads...............is not a comment i can­ use after todays performance,absolute @#$%.if any of­ the players read this comment swap places with me for a­ week i will show you commitment ­ ­ bloggsy

    From PAUL, on Sun 3 May 9:26PM

  6. T. Tainio D. Healy 63′ N. Colgan C. Edwards­ 83′ T. Ben Haim P. McShane D. Murphy

    From Omar F, on Sun 3 May 7:13PM

  7. half the players playing today,cant play,if a company­ employed people who cant do their job,THEY WOULD SACK­ EM! SO WHY ARE @#$% PLAYERS STILL IN A­ JOB??????????????????????? MOST MANAGERS ARE OK,ITS THE­ STAFF(PLAYERS) YOU JUST CANT GET STAFF THESE DAYS.
    some­ players are a joke,so carry on you mugs,going to see­ @#$% and PAYING FOR IT TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!YOU MUST BE MAD,­ OH YES take the kids to watch rubbish they need a­ laugh.

    From blackknight, on Sun 3 May 6:38PM

  8. i am a man united fan, but come on everton!!!!! you are­ my second team!! much better than those stinkin @#$%­ bags iverpool you will win nothing!!, EVERTON the best­ team in merseyside.. A TRUE TEAM WITH LOYAL FANS AND A­ TEAM WITH A HUGE HEART, everton to win the FA cup!! man­ u to win the league!! liverpool to win NOTHING!!!!­ hahahahaha!!!

    From pradaqueen, on Sun 3 May 6:36PM
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    Sunderland will go down to championship and newcastle­ will stay I think

    From painkiller14, on Sun 3 May 6:22PM

  10. what a heap of @#$% not worthy of the fans

    From derek w, on Sun 3 May 6:21PM
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    i seem to recall its liverpool that will never walk­ alone but at least they let everton walk in thier­ shadow. there is only one team on merseyside,and it­ dont taste of toffee.

    From k, on Sun 3 May 6:21PM

  12. mick the nutter? more like mick the p***k

    From Stu, on Sun 3 May 6:05PM

  13. Nice to see us back on track after last weeks bad­ performance against man city. COYB aston villa to draw­ tomorrow and we keep 5th.

    From Stu, on Sun 3 May 6:04PM
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    chelsea will beat everton in the FA cup final

    From Dave, on Sun 3 May 6:03PM

  15. new we would win everton............. best team­ ever.......

    From mand_73, on Sun 3 May 6:03PM

  16. no problem,i recall 1973 being a leeds Utd fan,join us­ down there!

    From simonrichardson957, on Sun 3 May 6:03PM

  17. well done everton.........

    From mand_73, on Sun 3 May 6:03PM

  18. come on everton

    From waydeconlan, on Sun 3 May 5:57PM

  19. Makem d.i.c.k. heads spell like they play football!!­ Need I say more! Sad little supporters from a sad­ little city and club!! and can anyone tell me why they­ start deserting the stadium when they should be­ shouting their team on? We destroyed the geordies up at­ st james and here at home today and they didnt desert­ their team...Makems are just a bunch of sad losers!!

    From mark w, on Sun 3 May 5:52PM

  20. What happened to that gobshite Roy Keane, I thought he­ was gonna do hell and all.

    From oak3lovelife, on Sun 3 May 5:50PM
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