Di Canio passion inspires Black Cats’ derby delight

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But another person was uppermost in his thoughts as goals from Stephane Sessegnon, Adam Johnson and David Vaughan earned the Italian his first victory since taking over from Martin O’Neill.

The match was played 24 hours after the first anniversary of the death of his mother Pierina and Di Canio dedicated the success to her.