Gaffe goalkeeper Fulop hoping to get the nod against Spurs

04 March 2009 16:41
Sunderland goalkeeper Marton Fulop hopes his clanger at Liverpool will not cost him his first-team spot against his former club Tottenham at the weekend.   The Wearsiders are at home to Spurs in a game that could go a long way to resolving relegation issues in the Barclays Premier League.   And Fulop fears for his place after his mistake at Anfield which allowed Yossi Benayoun to score a crucial second goal in a 2-0 victory for the Merseysiders. Sunderland boss Ricky Sbragia refused to condemn Fulop for the error, when he palmed out a David Ngog hook straight to Benayoun.   'I'm not going to blame Marton. He has been great for us recently, but I don't think he will be watching their second goal over and over again,' said Sbragia. 'He knows he made a mistake, he paid the penalty and we conceded. The second one killed us off.' Hungarian-born Fulop, who joined Sunderland for £500,000 from Spurs two years ago, has held his place recently despite Craig Gordon's recovery from injury.   And Fulop said: 'I will have to look at the video to judge exactly what happened with the second goal.   'I don't know if I should have stayed on my line or perhaps punched it. I tried to catch the cross, but it was a bit too long.   'I misjudged it and Liverpool scored. This is the goalkeeper's life. It is the manager's decision now for Spurs. I will prepare like I'm No 1 and am playing.   'If he wants to change it, I will have to deal with that. But I felt good in the game.   'I made a mistake and, against a good team particularly, it costs you.'

Source: Daily_Mail