Saturday 24 October 2009

Birmingham 2 - Sunderland 1 (Premier League)



After Alex McLeish had put out the rally call earlier in the week, St. Andrews erupted ten minutes before the break as Liam Ridgewell headed in Birmingham’s opener against the Black Cats. Three minutes into the second half and the Blues were 2-up, James McFadden collecting a cute flick from Jerome just inside the box before the Scot steadied himself and produced the killer finish. A Scott Dann own goal set up a nervy finish with eight minutes remaining as he haplessly volleyed in a Michael Turner header at the wrong end, but Birmingham held on for the points.

Birmingham
25 Hart, 02 Carr, 06 Ridgewell, 14 Johnson, 15 Dann og, 04 Bowyer, 07 Larsson (Carsley 84), 12 Ferguson, 10 Jerome, 11 Benitez, 16 McFadden (O'Connor 76)

Substitutes
01 Taylor, 20 Queudrue, 21 Parnaby, 19 McSheffrey, 26 Carsley, 08 O'Connor, 09 Phillips

Sunderland
01 Gordon, 02 Bardsley, 04 Turner, 05 Ferdinand, 08 Malbranque (Campbell 68), 10 Richardson, 16 Henderson (McCartney 68), 19 Cana (Zenden 68), 20 Reid, 11 Bent
17 Jones

Substitutes
32 Fulop, 03 McCartney, 06 Nosworthy, 22 Da Silva, 07 Zenden, 09 Campbell, 23 Healy

Ref: Atkinson
Att: 21,723

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