The great red redeemer

SUNDERLAND might have brought the beach balls but Liverpool kicked sand in their face at Anfield yesterday.

As they bathed in the sunshine at the Anfield Road end before the game, the crammed visitors threw on inflatable after inflatable and laughed heartily at their own antics.

It was a smirking homage to the assistance they received when they beat Liverpool at the Stadium of Light back in October when Darren Bent’s weak shot was diverted past Pepe Reina courtesy of a beachball inside the area.