Wilfried Bony is targeting Champions League glory with Manchester City after completing his move from Swansea yesterday.

Sunderland 1 West Ham 1

West Ham boss Sam Allardyce accused Sunderland midfielder Adam Johnson of diving for a penalty after the two teams played out a frustrating 1-1 draw at the Stadium of Light.

Sunderland 1 Manchester City 4

Sunderland 0 Chelsea 0

Willian and Santiago Vergini both hit the woodwork as Sunderland extended their run of good results against Chelsea with a 0-0 draw.

International Friendly

When Cyrus Christie was named as part of the Ireland squad for these fixtures, there were raised eyebrows and questions of ‘who?’ Much googling ensued.

Republic of Ireland 4 United States 1

Robbie Keane’s stock may have dropped at home, but he is still big in America.

Swansea 3 Everton 0

United States 2 Portugal 2

Ghana 1 USA 2

Sunderland 2 West Brom 0

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho fired a thinly-veiled criticism at the officials after his unbeaten home record in the Barclays Premier League was ended by Sunderland.

Blunders from veteran goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer and full-back Cesar Azpilicueta allowed Sunderland to inflict Jose Mourinho’s first home league defeat as Chelsea manager and hand Liverpool control in the Barclays Premier League title race.

Struggling Sunderland have recalled striker Connor Wickham from his loan spell at Leeds as head coach Gus Poyet searches desperately for firepower.

Manchester City’s top scorer Sergio Aguero is passed fit to start the Capital One Cup final against Sunderland at Wembley.

Arsenal 4 Sunderland 1

Newcastle United 0 Sunderland 3

Newcastle 0 Sunderland 3

Sunderland 1 Stoke City 0

Fulham 1 Sunderland 4

Adam Johnson's hat-trick spearheaded Sunderland's third win in six days, a ruthless 4-1 Barclays Premier League victory at Fulham today.

Sunderland 0 Aston Villa 1

Jack Colback struck in injury time to earn Sunderland a point and stun managerless Cardiff.

Sunderland 0 Norwich 0

Sunderland 2 Chelsea 1 (aet)

Sunderland 2 Chelsea 1 (aet)

West Ham 0 Sunderland 0

Sunderland 1 Tottenham 2

Champions Manchester United fell further adrift of the Barclays Premier League pacesetters after losing at home to Everton for the first time since 1992.

Joe Hart has been left sitting on the bench once more as Manchester City attempt to close the gap on the Barclays Premier League pace-setters at Sunderland.

Sunderland 2 Southampton 1

Hull 1 Sunderland 0

Sunderland 2 Newcastle 1

Sunderland 2 Newcastle 1

Sunderland 1 Man United 2

Phil Jones hailed Manchester United’s champion qualities after helping them fight back to snatch victory at lowly Sunderland.

Teenager Adnan Januzaj blasted Manchester United to a face-saving 2-1 victory at Sunderland with a superb double on his first start for the club.

Sunderland 1 Liverpool 3

Sunderland 2 Peterborough 0

West Brom 3 Sunderland 0

Sunderland 1 Arsenal 3