Stoke the only friendly winners

Sunderland came from behind to draw against Arminia Bielefeld on a day that saw Stoke, Fulham and Manchester United sides also in action. Stephane Sessegnon netted 18 minutes from time for Sunderland at the Schuco Arena to cancel out a controversial penalty that had given the German third division side the lead in the 64th minute.O'Shea, Vaughan Larsson and Dong-Won all made their debuts, although O'Shea was taken off after 33 minutes as a precaution after picking up a knock. Fellow new signing Connor Wickham played the second half, while Craig Gardner also came on as a substitute.Meanwhile Ben Marshall and Diego Arismendi scored two apiece as a Stoke XI beat Newport YMCA 6-1 in their third pre-season friendly on Sunday.Matthew Lund and Rory Delap scored the Potters' other goals.Thomas Sorensen again failed to make an appearance, while Jonathan Woodgate is expected to make his debut for the club against Newcastle Town on Wednesday or Brentford on Friday.At the Lamex Stadium, a Fulham XI including new signing John Arne Riise was beaten 1-0 by Stevenage.Riise started at left-back for the Cottagers alongside other first-team stars Stephen Kelly, Philippe Senderos, Dickson Etuhu and Steve Sidwell.It was Stevenage who came out on top, though, with Robin Shroot boosting his chances of a full-time deal with the winner 10 minutes from time.Manchester United's second string lost 2-1 at Shrewsbury despite first-team squad member Darron Gibson captaining the side for 90 minutes.

Source: Team_Talk