Who saw this one coming? At the 46th time of asking, Sunderland finally won a Premier League match which their midfielder Jack Rodwell started. They did so in the most emphatic style against Crystal Palace and the midfielder, substituted with a second-half knee injury, will have enjoyed getting this giant baboon off his back in an extraordinary game at Selhurst Park. The Premier League’s bottom club subjected their former manager Sam Allardyce to an unspeakable humiliation, one to rival that which led to the end of his brief tenure as England manager last year.
After his Palace side’s victory over Bournemouth in midweek, Allardyce had declared himself more content with the goals his players hadn’t conceded than those they’d scored. One shudders to think what he made of a first half in which they charitably allowed Sunderland to score four, more than they’d managed in their previous nine away matches combined.
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