05/03/06 - City 2 Sunderland 1Updated: October 3rd, 2007
Another home game, another win.
Our last seven league results now read like this: won at home, lost away, won at home, lost away, won at home, lost away, won at home. Nothing if not consistant.
“You have to get about the opposition and really get in their faces and say right, if you’re going to try to get something in our stadium you’re really going to have to play for it,” Pearce said after the game. Hopefully that will be the same attitude we take to Fratton Park on Saturday.
Both managers’ post match interviews can be found here.
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City 2 Sunderland 1 (MEN)
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Samaras brace seals City win (Sky Sports)
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City’s gamble on Samaras pays off (Independent)
The 21-year-old, handed his first cap by his country last week, represents the kind of ambitious gamble that teams such as City must take to advance.
Samaras settles it for City (Telegraph)
A combination of City losing their impressive early momentum and Sunderland refusing to accept the prospect of another fruitless outing kept this fixture in the balance throughout an afternoon of limited entertainment and even less technical skill.
Samaras’ quick double piles more pain on blunder-prone Sunderland (Guardian)
Apparently under the impression he was John Charles, Collins tried to fool Samaras with a drag back, got caught in possession, and watched as the young Greek striker thumped a right-footed drive past Davis.
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