West Brom 0-1 Sunderland: Cattermole Scores Stunner

English enforcer scores against the run of play.

After Manchester United lost the opening game of the Premier League's first weekend, Sunderland have scored the first goal of the 3pm kick-offs. https://twitter.com/SunderlandAFC/status/500645232040742912 Lee Cattermole is the first player to score in the afternoon's round of games having lashed a shot into the top corner. West Brom had been the better team to start with, with most of the ball, and Sunderland had started slowly in honesty, but it was the Black Cats who broke the dead-lock with Cattermole's stunner from 25 yards out. That goal arrests a worrying trend that started in 2011 - which was the last season that Sunderland scored a goal during their opening fixture. Last season the Baggies only won four games at Home, and new boss Alan Irvine will be expected to change that record if he wants to see his side pull away from the bottom of the table. https://vine.co/v/M3ZFAzhI5L7
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