Source: Northern_Echo
Sunderland suffer five-goal hammering at Manchester City
SUNDERLAND suffered their heaviest defeat of the season as they crashed to a five-goal defeat at the City of Manchester Stadium.[LNB] Former Middlesbrough midfielder Adam Johnson, making his first start since injuring his ankle in January, opened the scoring in the ninth minute and City skipper Carlos Tevez doubled the Blues' advantage on the quarter-hour mark from the penalty spot.[LNB] Second-half strikes from David Silva, Patrick Vieira and Yaya Toure completed the rout as City leap-frogged Chelsea in the table and moved further clear of fifth-placed Tottenham in the race for Champions League football.[LNB] Roberto Mancini's side are now six points ahead of Spurs, who have a game in hand.[LNB] Sunderland, meanwhile, have gone seven league games without a victory and need rapid improvement if they are to avoid being dragged into the relegation dogfight.[LNB] ** READ A FULL REPORT OF TODAY'S GAME IN TOMORROW'S NORTHERN ECHO **[LNB]
