Keane wants Connolly and Murphy to deliver

ROY KEANE is calling on Irish strike duo David Connolly and Daryl Murphy to provide the firepower for a concerted Sunderland promotion push.

Manager Keane says his side are lacking a clinical scorer like Preston’s David Nugent, whose solitary goal at the Stadium of Light put a major dent in the Black Cats’ hopes of automatic promotion.

England U21 international Nugent, a £5m target for Middlesbrough who were represented at Saturday’s game, grabbed his eighth goal at club level this season and third in as many matches to leave second-placed Preston 10 points clear of Sunderland.