Sunderland ends winless streak as Bent scores 3
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March 11, 2010, Thursday
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DARREN Bent scored a hat trick on Tuesday to give Sunderland a 4-0 win over Bolton and its first Premier League victory since November.
Sunderland had slipped into danger of relegation after 14 matches without a win but went ahead after 44 seconds through Fraizer Campbell and sealed the victory with Bent's three second-half goals.
The win hoisted Sunderland to 13th place and six points above the three-team relegation zone. The Black Cats are 11 points ahead of last-place Portsmouth, which lost 2-1 to visiting Birmingham in Tuesday's other match.
Campbell scored from Lorik Cana's early cross but it was his fellow former Tottenham striker who did most to earn a crucial victory.
Bent made it 2-0 in the 64th minute when he outpaced defender Sam Ricketts and shot past goalkeeper Jussi Jaaskelainen. He stretched the advantage 10 minutes later by converting a penalty.
Ricketts, who had already been booked for a first-half foul on striker Kenwyne Jones, was sent off for pushing over Bent and the England international beat Jaaskelainen with his kick.
He then completed his first hat trick for Sunderland and took his season tally to 19 with a finish from Campbell's 88th-minute cross.
Portsmouth started with a three-man attack of Frederic Piquionne, Aruna Dindane and Danny Webber but Cameron Jerome and Christian Benitez combined twice for Birmingham in the first half.
Jerome scored with a low shot from Benitez's 16th-minute pass and then collected a back-heeled pass from the same player to score with a shot under diving goalkeeper David James.
Nwankwo Kanu got a goal back for the home side in the last minute, heading in Jamie O'Hara's right-wing cross.
Sunderland had slipped into danger of relegation after 14 matches without a win but went ahead after 44 seconds through Fraizer Campbell and sealed the victory with Bent's three second-half goals.
The win hoisted Sunderland to 13th place and six points above the three-team relegation zone. The Black Cats are 11 points ahead of last-place Portsmouth, which lost 2-1 to visiting Birmingham in Tuesday's other match.
Campbell scored from Lorik Cana's early cross but it was his fellow former Tottenham striker who did most to earn a crucial victory.
Bent made it 2-0 in the 64th minute when he outpaced defender Sam Ricketts and shot past goalkeeper Jussi Jaaskelainen. He stretched the advantage 10 minutes later by converting a penalty.
Ricketts, who had already been booked for a first-half foul on striker Kenwyne Jones, was sent off for pushing over Bent and the England international beat Jaaskelainen with his kick.
He then completed his first hat trick for Sunderland and took his season tally to 19 with a finish from Campbell's 88th-minute cross.
Portsmouth started with a three-man attack of Frederic Piquionne, Aruna Dindane and Danny Webber but Cameron Jerome and Christian Benitez combined twice for Birmingham in the first half.
Jerome scored with a low shot from Benitez's 16th-minute pass and then collected a back-heeled pass from the same player to score with a shot under diving goalkeeper David James.
Nwankwo Kanu got a goal back for the home side in the last minute, heading in Jamie O'Hara's right-wing cross.
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