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  • Ireland 45 Wright-Phillips 50,58
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  • Barclays Premier League
  • 31st Aug 2008
  • KO 15:00
  • Att: 39,622

The player ratings below represent the average score from all the SkySports users who have voted. You are only allowed to cast your ratings once per match.

Sunderland Player ratings
Player Our Rating Your Rating
Craig Gordon
Difficult afternoon 		5 3.5
Nyron Nosworthy
Gave away silly freekicks 		4 3.0
Phil Bardsley
Great balls into box 		5 3.5
Danny Collins
Never involved 		4 3.1
Pascal Chimbonda
Hard-working 		5 3.5
Steed Malbranque
No real assists 		5 3.8
Grant Leadbitter
Looked promising on attack 		6 3.5
Andy Reid
Started well but frustrated 		6 4.1
Kieran Richardson
Tried too hard 		5 3.6
Djibril Cisse
Failed to live upto expectations 		4 3.4
El-Hadji Diouf
Poor - unlike usual charismatic display 		4 3.2
Daryl Murphy
(Sub)
Never threatened 		4 2.8
Anthony Stokes
(Sub)
Tried too much, not clinical 		4 2.9
David Healy
(Sub)
Frustrated when on 		4 3.3
Manchester City Player ratings
Player Our Rating Your Rating
Joe Hart
Quiet afternoon 		4 7.5
Vedran Corluka
Maybe last game for City 		5 7.4
Richard Dunne
Rash challenges 		4 7.4
Michael Ball
Set up final goal 		5 7.3
Micah Richards
Limped off at half-time 		4 7.2
Vincent Kompany
Tough tackling 		5 8.2
Dietmar Hamann
Lacked promise 		4 7.6
Michael Johnson
Always getting involved 		7 7.9
Stephen Ireland
Well taken first goal 		6 8.1
Jo
Very promising, exciting to watch 		7 8.1
Shaun Wright-Phillips
Superb performance. Great goals 		8 9.1
Tal Ben-Haim
(Sub)
Came on but not involved 		5 6.9
Elano
(Sub)
Had a run out but lacked fitness 		5 7.0
Gelson Fernandes
(Sub)
Not threatening 		4 6.5

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