On march 2013
The Sunderland scored another defeat in the Premier League against Manchester United. The leader of the competition surpassed the 'Black Cats' on a high thanks to a Bramble own goal and ended in causing the dismissal of manager Martin O'Neill.
As a result of the ankle injury he sustained in the clash against Norwich, Carlos Cuellar could not help his teammates and had to follow the match from the stands.
With the support of the fans, Sunderland tried to stand up to the favorite to win the League, but with the step of the minutes, Ferguson's men were gaining ground until they got ahead on the scoreboard.
Shortly before the 30th minute, Van Persie looked for the goal defended by Mignolet with Bramble fortunate that, in his attempt to clear, sending the finished leather to the back of the net. It would be the only goal of a match played but almost always controlled by Manchester United.
Young, Van Persie and Buttner met repeatedly with Mignolet in attempts to extend the lead on the scoreboard and only in the last few minutes, Sunderland managed to trouble the Spanish goalkeeper David De Gea.
After this new disappointment and the teams wins the relegation zone, Sunderland remains a single point of the dangerous part of the classification, which marks the Wigan today.
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