On march 2013
Sunderland and Norwich tied to a goal in a vital game in the struggle for salvation. Both teams needed the win to isolate the hazardous area classification and ultimately could only distribute the points, something that visitors knew better after learning the circumstances of the game.
Carlos Cuellar returned to the starting lineup to form in central defense alongside O'Shea, but in the second act, when he was being a real bolt for his team, was injured in the ankle was forced to leave the pitch .
The match did not start well for the boys in Martin O'Neill, as after a corner, Hoolahan opened the scoring. He advanced to the opposing defense after an initial shot from Kamara and nerves led to the 'Black Cats'
Only seven minutes later, the first action for Norwich unhappy. The goalkeeper Mark Bunn had to go out of his net to cut a long pass and ended up playing the ball with his hand, which led to the red card, and therefore the fact of leaving his team a man short.
Before the break the tie came from Sunderland. Bassong made a needless handball in the area and allowed Gardner tied the game from the penalty spot with five minutes to rest.
After the break, Sunderland had more of the ball in his possession, he played on the opponent, but barely had a chance to beat the debutant Lee Camp.
Sunderland's forwards moved far away from the danger zones yu are left with the desire to take a few points that would have given an enormous tranquility in the face of shocks complicated Manchester United and Chelsea have in the near future.
Read match report in safc.com here.
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