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Sunderland v Everton - Live!
90+5 Full-Time at the Stadium of Light. Everton fully deserve the three points, there are boo's from the home crowd but really they've been outplayed by a solid team today. Sunderland still not safe while the Toffees go up to fifth place tonight.
90+4 Yobo out jumps Jones in another long ball from Sunderland, Yobo has had a solid game today, the same can't be said for Jones however
90+3 Howard holds onto the ball, just killing time before Everton come away with another three points on the board
90+2 Bardsley shows his frustration by hacking down Pienaar and he picks up a booking
90+1 Four minutes to be added, Everton have this one in the bag but injuries have plagued this match hence the 8 added minutes over both halfs
90 Whitehead does well to win the ball from Fellaini who goes down looking for the free, no chance - great tackle
89 Jones goes down under a challenge from Yobo, no foul says the referee, he was the last man too
87 Castillo comes on to replace Jacobsen for the final few minutes
86 Ferdinand needs attention while Collins headed effort on goal sails wide
85 Saha is booked for a high foot which hacked down Ferdinand, there was no intent, but his foot was high
84 Gosling goes into the book now after a few warning from the referee
83 Edwards comes on to replace Malbranque, the midfielder has worked hard today but he did recieve stitches from that early knock
82 Everton are just cleverly slowing the play down now, eager to see this one out for all three points
81 Saha has come on for the final ten minutes and replaces Jo
80 A corner from Leadbitter is just too high for Jones who can't get any real contact on it
79 Pienaar goes into the book almost immediately after Cahill
79 Cahill goes into the book for a push on Malbranque
78 Jo gets a header in on goal but his effort is tame and dosn't cause Fulop any trouble
78 Collins fouls Cahill in the box to gift posession back to Everton
77 A sliced cross attempt from Malbranque forces Howard to tip over the bar for a Sunderland corner
76 Pienaar's delivery is poor, probably the first error of the day for him, Fulop collects and Sunderland have posession again
75 Jo is brought down in a dangerous area for Sunderland and Pienaar stands over the ball
74 Richardson drags an effort wide of the mark with Howard struggling to get back on his line
73 Cahill is unmarked at the back of a packed penalty area but directs his header way off target and over the bar
72 Home fans are already making their way out of the Stadium of Light
71 GOAL FELLAINI! Much too easy for Everton, Pienaar has acres of space
on the right flank and has more than enough time to pick out Fellaini unmarked in the box and he strokes the ball home almost effortlessly, poor defending from the home side
70 Fulop collects a deflected Jacobsen cross and launches a counter attack for the home side
69 Baines does well to read a Sunderland attack as he intercepts a pass and comes away with posession, solid afternoon so far for the left back
68 Pienaar is brought down by Bardsley freekick to Everton
67 Pienaar has a pop at goal from outside the area but his effort is tame and Fulop isn't troubled
66 Fellaini misdirects his header and Sunderland have posession back
65 Fellaini gets onto the end of a flick on from Jo and rounds Fulop only for Sunderland to get back in numbers and clear before he can slot it home
64 Richardson hits the target with the freekick but its straight at Howard who collects with ease
64 Sunderland have a freekick in a dangerous area with Richardson standing over
63 Cisse makes way for David Healy in a straight swap up front for Sunderland
63 Fellaini is flagged offside
62 Lescott again clears the danger from Richardson's cross this time, Sunderland getting back into things here
61 Fellaini gifts possession to Sunderland but as Malbranque looks for Jones Lescott is aware and clears the danger
60 Bardsley rises well to put the ball behind for a corner with Cahill looming at the back post, great defending
59 Jacobsen wins a goal kick off Whitehead
58 David Healy is warming up on the sidelines for Sunderland
57 Everton have a throw in deep in Sunderland's half
56 Jones meets a corner from Leadbitter but his effort is tame and Everton come away with the ball
55 Jones is looking for the freekick as Yobo challenges him but referee waves play on
"Today has to be my day and Everton too as my misses is currently in labour so in the middle of checking the football I am also going through the breathing exercises -come on you blues do it for my new son or daughter!" - that's from Andrew Gage hoping for an Everton win
54 Jo is flagged offside, not for the first time today
53 Jones' through ball is too strong for everyone and trickles wide for an Everton goal kick
52 Leadbitter whips in a corner for Sunderland but Howard again punches clear, he's been clinical with his decision making so far today
51 Gosling's cross is too high for Fellaini
50 Collins climbs highest from the corner and powers a header on goal but unfortunately it's straight at Howard
49 Yobo clears an immediate Sunderland attack from the restart and Jacobsen clears the resulting throw in for a corner to Sunderland
48 GOAL PIENAAR! The South African gets on the end of a Jo through ball and shows good strength to bundle the ball home past the advancing Fulop
47 Gosling does well to hold up the ball before giving it to Baines whose cross is intercepted by Cisse
46 Sunderland get the second half under way
Everton fan Mike Worthington predicts a 1-0 win for his team with Jo netting the goal
Sunderland fan Paul Wells, who is stuck out at sea, thinks Sunderland should give other strikers a chance as the Jones-Cisse combination is not working anymore, he would settle for a draw today
Jaysen Airey thinks Sunderland are going to nick a late goal here and stay up and says West Brom, Boro & Newcastle will go down.
45+4 The referee blows for half-time at the Stadium of Light, no goals as of yet but Everton have probably been more of a threat. What way do you Blackcats and Toffees fans see this one going?
45+3 Gosling avoids a booking from the referee for kicking the ball away but gets a talking to nontheless
45+2 Neville's long ball is well dealt with by Davenport who clears the danger
45+1 Jo gets on the end of a Baines cross but pokes his effort wide, 4 minutes have been added due to injuries
45 Good tracking back from Malbranque wins the ball back for Sunderland, the Frenchman has 5 stitches in his head after that early incident by the
way
44 Gosling fouls Richardson according to the referee, looked like he may have won the ball
43 Pienaars quick freekick sets Baines free down the left flank but his cross is poor and evades everyone in the box for a throw in to Sunderland on the opposite side of the pitch
42 Fellaini wins a throw in off Malbranque
41 Leadbitter is penalised for tugging Fellaini's shirt and goes into the book
40 Jo is correctly flagged offside from Cahill's flick on
39 Richardson brings down Pienaar in a central position around 40 yards off the Sunderland goal
38 Pienaar ends up with possession on the break and tries to bend a shot into the far corner of the goal only to be blocked by his own man
37 Malbranque wins a throw in which Bardsley launches into the box, cleared by Pienaar
36 Sunderland corner taken by Leadbitter and headed away by Neville
35 Baines' delivery is poor but still causes some concern for Fulop as it
dips frantically just missing the goal
34 Bardsley fouls Pienaar deep in Everton's half and gifts back possession to the away side
33 Cisse loses out to Baines and shows his frustration with a lunge which the referee lets go
32 Pienaar's corner results in a freekick to Sunderland as Yobo is penalised for a push
31 Jo forces a corner off Bardsley after latching onto a high through ball
31 Davenport goes into the book for a foul on Jo
30 Fellaini is penalised for an aerial challenge
29 Malbranque's long ball is failed to be controlled by Cisse and Everton have another goal kick
29 Good tracking back by Pienaar results in an Everton goal kick
28 Yet another injury as Collins falls hard from an aerial challenge, he's back on his feet now though, familiar story of this half
27 First strike on goal for the home side as Leadbitter and Jones combine well as the former strikes a low effort from 25 yards but drags his shot wide to Howards right
26 Howard races off his line to punch clear a Bardsley freekick, good decisive goalkeeping
25 The freekick drifts out of play and Fulop pumps the goal kick up field
24 Leadbitter is late on Cahill and Everton have a freekick just inside the Sunderland half
23 Sunderland are coming back into the game now as Richardson breaks and finds Cisse who wins a corner off Lescott
22 Whitehead's corner is fisted away by Howard
21 Richardson wins a corner as Sunderland look to apply some pressure of their own
20 Cisse is flagged offside
20 Plenty of injuries and one clear cut chance so far as we reach the 20 minute mark, Jo is receiving treatment
19 Yobo intercepts a through ball which almost set Cisse in on goal, meanwhile Jo has gone down injured under a challenge from Ferdinand
18 Baines wins a throw-in for Everton deep in Sunderland territory
17 Cisse is penalised for a foul on Baines
15 Jo goes agonisingly close for Everton in a great move, he latches onto
a Pienaar pass before dragging his shot across the face of goal and wide
14 Jo is flagged offside this time from Baines' through ball
13 Jones is penalised for a foul on Baines much to his frustration, Howard punts the freekick upfield and Pienaar is flagged offside
12 Its all Tim Cahill as he tries his luck from range this time but Fulop is again equal to his effort
11 Cahill again meets a cross from Baines but Fulop isn't troubled by his effort
10 Cahill meets the corner but Fulop punches clear the effort on goal
9 Finally Malbranque returns with his head covered in vaseline. Meanwhile Ferdinand puts the ball out for an Everton corner
8 Still no sign of Malbranque returning to play. Lescott tried to find Fellaini with a lofted ball but Fulop collects with ease
7 Jo is penalised for a foul on Ferdinand and Sunderland have posession back
6 Ferdinand resumes play as Everton stroke the ball around in comfortable posession
5 Sunderland down to 9 men now as Ferdinand goes off for treatment and Malbranque yet to return from getting stitched up
4 Another injury to a Sunderland player as Ferdinand goes down after a challenge with Jo, he's receiving treatment now
3 Cisse wins a corner off Baines but Leadbitter's corner is cleared by Neville
2 Meanwhile Cahill and Malbranque have also clashed heads and the Frenchman leaves the field for treatment
1 Everton get us under way as Bardsley and Fellaini clash heads almost immediately
Almost under way at the Stadium of Light, can Sunderland get the points they need for survival? Stay with us to see how this one unfolds
Sunderland: Fulop, Bardsley, Davenport, Ferdinand, Collins, Malbranque, Whitehead, Leadbitter, Richardson, Cisse, Jones. Subs: Colgan, Tainio, Edwards, Ben-Haim, Murphy, Healy, McShane.
Everton: Howard, Jacobsen, Lescott, Yobo, Baines, Gosling, Neville, Fellaini, Pienaar, Cahill, Jo. Subs: Nash, Castillo,Saha, Vaughan, Rodwell, Agard, Wallace.
Referee: Martin Atkinson (W Yorkshire)
