00:00There is Duncan Ferguson, so Rude Hullett surprises everyone by giving 20-year-old Paul Robinson, a former Sunderland season
00:08ticket holder, the main striker's role in only his second start in the Premiership.
00:13It's also quite a night for Northern Ireland's Tommy Wright, who began his league career with Newcastle, but now returns
00:19on a month's loan from Manchester City in response to a goalkeeping crisis.
00:24Wright's last league appearance was nearly a year ago in the second division.
00:29Even the opposing manager, Peter Reid, was taken aback by Hullett's selection.
00:33There's a recall for two unsettled players, Nikos Dabizas in defence and Silvio Maric, who could possibly push up to
00:40support Robinson.
00:42But the likes of Marcelino and Kets Beyer have now joined the growing Newcastle injury list.
00:47Talking of injuries, both Sunderland centre-backs, Steve Bold and Paul Butler, needed fitness tests, both passed.
00:53Niall Quinn returns up front alongside Kevin Phillips, as Sunderland set out to test what's recently been a shaky Newcastle
01:00defence.
01:02Left-back Michael Gray, a scorer in the Lust derby here three years ago, can be expected to find himself
01:07in the England squad tomorrow.
01:08And with Graham Lesseau apparently ruled out of the European qualifiers, Gray could add to the international experience he gained
01:15last season.
01:23Coming in now.
01:26And now Ray.
01:29Alex Ray turning well.
01:31Oh, he's got through here.
01:32Quinn's in the middle still.
01:33Ray goes down.
01:44Stephen Schwartz there for Sunderland.
01:47Phillips.
01:48Break on the left.
01:49It's a whipped cross along a greasy six-yard line.
01:53Quinn did make a bit of contact.
01:54And I think his momentum, Mark, drove the goalkeeper into the post.
01:59Well, what a marvellous cross as well, wasn't it, from Phillips.
02:01He's got half a yard.
02:02On it.
02:04Robinson.
02:05Kieran Dyer.
02:06Chance for Newcastle.
02:08Goal.
02:11Kieran Dyer.
02:16Oh, they'll be relieved there.
02:19It was well taken.
02:21It was well made.
02:22Robinson had a hand in it.
02:23Dyer put it away.
02:24And in the north-east derby, it's Ruudhullic's team who strike first.
02:29Was he onside?
02:30Yes, he was, in my view.
02:31There was a defender on this side.
02:33Playing him on, Mark Lawrenson.
02:34Most definitely onside.
02:36Yes, I think it was a player in the right back position could have been Chris Macon.
02:39Lovely finish by Dyer.
02:40He just waited for Sorensen to commit himself.
02:42And just a little dink of the right foot.
02:441-0 to Newcastle.
02:45It's Kieran Dyer's first goal for his new club.
02:48Six and a half million pounds from Ipswich.
02:51And what a night to score it in the derby match.
02:56And Graham Pohl losing his patience with one or two of the Sunderland players.
03:01Some of the who normally takes these for Sunderland.
03:15Maybe it seems a long time ago, but it's only a year this week since Ruudhullic's predecessor, Kenny Dalgleish, parted
03:21company with the club.
03:22And Hullet took over.
03:28Here's Barton.
03:32And he's looking for Robinson here.
03:34And Maric again has started on the right wing.
03:38Leaving Dyer to play the free roll around Robinson.
03:42And this is Robinson.
03:43There's a chance for Newcastle.
03:45The bounce just favoured Sorensen.
03:47Sunderland perhaps.
03:48And he was just bustled out of it, really.
03:51By Dabizas.
03:54It was just a half chance, wasn't it?
03:56But it was just sandwiched between the two defenders.
03:58In fact, it was Dabizas who had the last touch.
04:00In the series overall, Newcastle have won 43 league derbies.
04:06Sunderland 39, 36 draws before tonight.
04:17That header on finds Robinson for Newcastle.
04:20He's looking for Silvio Maric on this side.
04:25And Sunderland get the ball away.
04:27And here's Stefan Schwarz.
04:29Quinn ahead of his.
04:30So is Phillips.
04:30This is Summerbee.
04:34It's long for Niall Quinn.
04:36And he got away from Dabizas.
04:39But directed his header beyond the far post.
04:47Look at them.
04:48That was the pitch.
04:50This is Makin.
04:51Quinn's still in there.
04:56Well, now that's got to be a free kick for obstruction.
05:01Solano really conceding that somewhat needlessly.
05:06And this is danger for Newcastle.
05:08Quinn in there.
05:09Bold.
05:19And headed on.
05:20And it's in.
05:23Niall Quinn got the touch.
05:25He's equalised.
05:27Peter Reid's team are level.
05:29And Newcastle have gone and done it again.
05:31They've lost the lead for the fourth match running.
05:34And keep an eye on Niall Quinn.
05:37It goes into the near post area.
05:40Flicked on.
05:40And into the corner.
05:42Well, he just held the defender off.
05:44Didn't he?
05:44Didn't even have to jump.
05:45Just held him off.
05:46And to a nightest of flicks just took it away from right.
05:51Well, it looked to me as though a set play was Sunderland's best chance of scoring.
05:56And so it proved.
05:57But Newcastle now up against it again.
06:00As Silvio Maric comes on.
06:03We're going to see the Shearer-Ferguson partnership after all.
06:07Both left out of the starting line-up.
06:09Both now on the field.
06:11But with a real job to do here.
06:23And there goes Dier again.
06:25And Sorensen won't get there.
06:27Oh, well, he did.
06:28But not through the...
06:29Well, the pitch is playing all sorts of tricks.
06:32They beat both players that time, John.
06:34Sorensen and Dier.
06:37Well, here's one for Quinn.
06:39On to Phillips.
06:44I think it's just so important now for both sets of players.
06:47They've got to follow absolutely everything.
06:49They can't be sure when the ball's going to stay up.
06:51It's going to speed through.
06:52So certainly defenders have to be vigilant.
06:57Forward run on the...
06:59Oh, and Quinn's in a good position in the middle.
07:01And so too Ray now.
07:06McCann helping out.
07:07But again, the water on the pitch.
07:10This is Shearer.
07:17And Sunderland have come away with it.
07:19And Phillips is in the centre.
07:20And there's danger here for Sunderland.
07:22Oh, and a block by Tommy Wright.
07:25Phillips again.
07:26And Sunderland have scored.
07:27It's 2-1.
07:30Kevin Phillips has got the ball in from a difficult angle.
07:34The referee has also...
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