Bolton 0 Sunderland 1: Bent makes a dream start for Bruce's boys

15 August 2009 17:33
Darren Bent finally did his talking on the pitch with a superb debutgoal to hand Sunderland victory over Barclays Premier League rivals Bolton. The £10million signing from Tottenham dispatched Steed Malbranque'scross with a brilliant far-post header in the fifth minute to give newBlack Cats boss Steve Bruce a winning start to his reign. Bent, 25, recently made the headlines for the wrong reasons after heused the Twitter website to publicly criticise Tottenham and expresshis desire to join Sunderland.Eventually granted his move to Wearside, the England internationallooked well and truly at home in the red and white of Sunderland. Dovetailing effectively with Kenwyne Jones throughout, Bent's pacewas a constant threat to the Bolton backline and he was unlucky not toadd to his tally.

Source: Daily_Mail