Source: Northern_Echo
Mensah back for Black Cats
JOHN MENSAH has returned to the Sunderland team to face Burnley this afternoon.[LNB] The Ghanaian, who manager Steve Bruce hopes to keep beyond this season, has not played since the draw at Aston Villa on March 24 with his long-standing injury problems.[LNB] But he has returned to the heart of the defence alongside Michael Turner, while there is no place in the team for Lorik Cana or Lee Cattermole.[LNB] Cana has been ruled out with a groin problem and Cattermole is missing with a calf niggle.[LNB] SUNDERLAND (4-4-2): Gordon; Hutton, Turner, Mensah, Richardson; Campbell, Meyler, Henderson, Malbranque; Bent, Jones. Subs: Carson, Bardsley, Ferdinand, Kilgallon, Da Silva, Zenden, Benjani.[LNB] BURNLEY (4-5-1): Jensen; Mears, Cort, Duff, Fox; Eagles, Alexander, Cork, Elliott, Patterson; Fletcher. Subs: Thompson, Bikey, Carlisle, Caldwell, Jordan, Blake, Weaver.[LNB]
