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Aston Villa 0 Sunderland 1
AFTER picking up just three points from a possible 45 Sunderland finally chalked up their first away win of the season at the 16th attempt with arguably their best performance of the campaign on their travels.
They were forced to wait until the 83rd minute for substitute Michael Chopra to be handed the freedom of Villa Park to pick up Kieran Richardson s through ball and lift the ball over Scott Carson and send the vocal away following into delirium.
True Carson did make it easy for him - backing off and then committing himself early to the floor - but that mattered not a jot to the away fans.
They had Craig Gordon to thank within a minute of the goal for producing an excellent low save from Gabriel Agbonlahor to preserve the advantage that gives the Black Cats a precious four-point cushion over third-bottom Bolton.
The goal was Sunderland's first shot on target of the game and, despite enjoying a great deal of possession, they didn't threaten Carson's goal.
The Villa keeper was a greater threat to himself, and somehow went unpunished in the first half when he clearly handled outside the box when he fumbled a cross under pressure from Daryl Murphy.
That will now be immaterial to Roy Keane whose side, under the promptings of Andy Reid and Richardson, were fully deserved of their victory.
5:38pm Saturday 22nd March 2008
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