Bruce: Christmas shopping would have been better

WEST LONDON is awash with shoppers as Christmas nears and Sunderland boss Steve Bruce admitted shopping would have been more entertaining than watching Saturday’s goalless draw with Fulham.

Both sides have become something of drawn specialists, and it showed at Craven Cottage.

At one point in the second-half Sunderland had a four-on-one overlap and a goal appeared certain, but an abysmal pass from Darren Bent ruined the moment.