Keane calm after derby win

Sunderland boss Roy Keane insisted his side had moved just a small step closer to their target after finally ending their 28-year wait for a home win over derby rivals Newcastle.

Keane calm after derby win

Sunderland boss Roy Keane insisted his side had moved just a small step closer to their target after finally ending their 28-year wait for a home win over derby rivals Newcastle.

In a game marred by crowd trouble on the final whistle, fans on the pitch after Kieran Richardson’s winning goal and controversial Magpies midfielder Joey Barton being targeted by missiles as he warmed up on the sidelines, the Black Cats got the better of their arch-rivals for the first time at the Stadium of Light, and for the first time at home since April 1980.

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