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Huge win for Sunderland as they boost their survival hopes.
It doesn't look good for rock-bottom Aston Villa.
Cheerio from me.
Summary
Sunderland XI: Mannone, Jones, van Aanholt, O'Shea, Brown, Cattermole, M'Vila, Johnson, Borini, Watmore, Defoe.
Aston Villa: Guzan, Hutton, Richards, Lescott, Cissokho, Bacuna, Gana, Veretout, Gil, Gestede, Grealish
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FULL-TIMEpublished at 16:53 Greenwich Mean Time 2 January 2016
Sunderland 3-1 Aston Villa
GOAL - Sunderland 3-1 Aston Villapublished at 90 + 2 mins
Jermain Defoe
That's that.
Ola Toivonen cuts back for Jermain Defoe who slams home. Horrible Villa defending.
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Sunderland 2-1 Aston Villa
Rudy Gestede shoots wide for Aston Villa. Not long now...
Four minutes of injury time.
Postpublished at 88 mins
Sunderland 2-1 Aston Villa
Sunderland are not making this easy for themselves. They keep giving the ball away... but are getting away with it.
Postpublished at 85 mins
Sunderland 2-1 Aston Villa.
Danny Graham is almost in. He takes the ball down inside the penalty area but, just before he shoots, Leandro Bacuna gets his toe in and pokes the ball away.
Postpublished at 16:39 Greenwich Mean Time 2 January 2016
Sunderland 2-1 Aston Villa
BBC Newcastle's SAFC summariser Gary Bennett: "That was a goal of a top striker. Great touch on his weaker side. He shifted the ball and made half a yard for himself. A great finish by Defoe."
Postpublished at 81 mins
Sunderland 2-1 Aston Villa
Adama Traore does a few step over on the right.... The cross is hopeless.
Postpublished at 80 mins
Sunderland 2-1 Aston Villa
Aston Villa are still fighting. This could be a nervy last 10 minutes.
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Sunderland 2-1 Aston Villa
As results stand, Aston Villa drop 12 points adrift of safety. Sunderland move to within five points of the safety zone.
GOAL - Sunderland 2-1 Aston Villapublished at 73 mins
Jermain Defoe
That could be massive.
A long ball is punted towards Jermain Defoe on the edge of the penalty area. The Sunderland striker takes it down well, beats Joleon Lescott and fires home at the near post.
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Sunderland 1-1 Aston Villa
A half chance for Jermain Defoe.
Billy Jones sends in a decent cross from the right but Defoe and Fabio Borini both miss the ball as it runs to goalkeeper Brad Guzan.
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Sunderland 1-1 Aston Villa
'An acrobatic strike'published at 16:27 Greenwich Mean Time 2 January 2016
Sunderland 1-1 Aston Villa
Garth Crooks
Former Spurs striker on Final Score“It was a hell of a strike by Carles Gil. It was an acrobatic strike. The ball seems to be going away from him, and he pulls the ball back, and it flies into the opposite corner of the net. It’s a superb finish.”
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BBC Newcastle's SAFC summariser Gary Bennett: "What was Fabio Borini doing? He lost the ball when all he had to do was keep it simple. We've not recovered. It allowed Villa to break, but what a volley from Gil."
Postpublished at 66 mins
Sunderland 1-1 Aston Villa
Patrick Van Aanholt bids to whip up the home fans as his low volleyed cross is cleared for a corner.
The Sunderland fans remain stunned. They are in trouble.
GOAL - Sunderland 1-1 Aston Villapublished at 63 mins
Carles Gil
That is absolutely stunning.
Adama Traore does well on the right and his deep cross is acrobatically volleyed into the top corner over his own shoulder by Carles Gil.
Brilliant.
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Sunderland 1-0 Aston Villa
Sunderland are taking control.
Patrick Van Aanholt again gets bags of space on the left, he moves forward, and drills a shot just wide of the post. Great effort.
Postpublished at 57 mins
Sunderland 1-0 Aston Villa
Almost a second for Sunderland. Jermain Defoe goes through on goal, cuts back, and sees a low shot well saved by goalkeeper Brad Guzan.
SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 56 mins
Sunderland 1-0 Aston Villa
The hard-working Duncan Watmore is replaced by fellow forward Danny Graham. Like-for-like.
For Aston Villa, Jack Grealish is replaced by Adama Traore in midfield. Grealish has done very little.