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  • Kick-off: 19:45
  • Venue: Elland Road
  • Attendance: 23037
  • Referee: Marriner, A

Live Commentary

90mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

90mins

Gary Kelly goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

90mins

Jonathon Douglas goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

82mins

Liam Miller is booked for dissent.

80mins

Dean Whitehead is being taken off, Liam Lawrence has come on in his place.

73mins

Kevin Nicholls goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

63mins

David Healy is being taken off, Robbie Blake has come on in his place.

54mins

Steve Stone is being taken off, Sebastien Carole has come on in his place.

48mins

Goal!! Sunderland have scored with Stephen Elliott putting it in the back of the net.

46mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 2.

46mins

Eddie Lewis is being taken off, Kevin Nicholls has come on in his place.

45mins

The ref has blown his whistle for half time.

45mins

Goal!! Sunderland have scored with Graham Kavanagh putting it in the back of the net.

43mins

David Connolly is replaced by Stephen Elliott.

29mins

Goal!! Sunderland have scored with Liam Miller putting it in the back of the net.

22mins

Paul Butler is booked for unsporting behaviour.

16mins

Ian Westlake is booked for unsporting behaviour.

7mins

The referee has booked Graham Kavanagh.

0mins

The ref has blown his whistle and the match has started.

Match Report

The Roy Keane factor worked again for rejuvenated Sunderland and twisted the knife in under-pressure Leeds boss Kevin Blackwell.

Sunderland dominated the match with their passion and slick passing, while Leeds were second best in every department.

For Keane it was the perfect response from his team and a great start to his managerial career.

It was Leeds' third home defeat of the season - as many as they suffered in the whole of last term - and with them in the bottom three, Blackwell's position must be in doubt.

It took Sunderland 15 minutes to settle into the game and then they started to take Leeds slowly apart.

Their passing was more precise, their running more intelligent and their confidence was as high as Leeds' was rock-bottom.

Daryl Murphy was a constant danger up front and with Graham Kavanagh running things in the middle of the park, it was mostly one-way traffic.

Inevitably when the breakthrough came it was Liam Miller, who spent last season at Leeds, who got the goal.

He'd already had one header blocked by Stephen Crainey but there was no mistake when Ross Wallace calmly picked him out and he fired past Tony Warner.

Ironically it was the Irishman's first goal at Elland Road.

Leeds were hanging on, hoping to claw their way into the game, but they were hit by a goal either side of half-time and were dead and buried.

Kavanagh made a superb run forward to fire past Warner in the 45th minute and three minutes into the second period, substitute Stephen Elliott latched on to a Murphy header and lashed it past the keeper.

Blackwell had sent on Kevin Nicholls at half-time for the ineffectual Eddie Lewis. It was the midfielder's debut after picking up an injury in pre-season.

He soon added Seb Carole - who most Leeds fans had expected to start - plus Robbie Blake but it was asking too much.

With Sunderland losing two strikers to injury, Leeds were able to push forward a bit more but they still didn't look as they were likely to score from open play.

Leeds United Team

Sunderland Team

Leeds United

Sunderland

Corners

45

Fouls

1215

Goal attempts

515

Shots off target

56

Offsides

82

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