On Tuesday, the North-East outfit welcomed Advocaat to the club, and the 67-year-old takes over with plenty of managerial experience having coached the Netherlands national team, Rangers, Belgium and PSV Eindhoven during his career
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The Black Cats are one point above the relegation zone after Saturday’s 4-0 home defeat by Aston Villa
Sherwood has refused to concern himself with the behaviour of those supporters, but has admitted that his squad are feeling buoyant ahead of their trip to the Stadium of Light
The 27-year-old England international was arrested on Monday
In the 65th minute, Radamel Falcao was brought down by John O’Shea in the box, prompting the referee to give a the hosts a penalty – teammate Wes Brown ended up being sent off, however
The Dutchman left the Liberty Stadium on crutches last weekend following the disappointing 2-1 defeat to Swansea City
Sunderland will hope Jermain Defoe’s arrival from Toronto FC provides an instant and timely boost ahead of today’s Premier League visit to the striker’s former club, Tottenham
Liverpool wanted a penalty just a few minutes into the match when Markovic and Wes Brown tangled in the box, but referee Craig Pawson was not swayed by the visitors’ appeals
Rodgers’ side have been guilty of switching off on several occasions in 2014-15 and the Northern Irishman knows they can ill-afford to keep making errors as they attempt to recover from a disappointing first half of the season
The 26-year-old has failed to impress following a £10 million move from Dynamo Kiev in the summer
The result sees City move within just six points of league leaders, Chelsea
But Chelsea were unable to break down dogged Sunderland, who held the Blues without a goal for the first time in 20 matches in all competitions this season
“He was happy and said he’s ready to come. I said ‘You have to come because this is a good team. If you are going to come to MLS this is one of the best teams. We have good players as well, so it’s going to make it easier for you to play
Elsewhere, Sunderland lost 1-2 to Stoke, despite United States striker Jozy Altidore giving it the lead after 16 minutes
Super Eagles’ combative midfielder, Ogenyi Eddy Onazi has rejected SS Lazio of Italy new deal. The EagleOnline can report.
However, United probably did enough overall to deserve their first point of the new season, while it is now two draws from two so far for Sunderland
Aston Villa, Sunderland and West Brom have monitored the Nigerian international’s availability with a loan move the most likely outcome.
The Nigeria striker, West Brom’s record signing, stated earlier this month that he did not expect to face Gus Poyet’s side due to his pre-season being limited as he awaited a visa and work permit in his homeland
It remains to be seen when Ideye will be thrust into action, with West Brom set to play two more pre-season friendlies against Port Vale on Tuesday and Porto on Saturday
Onazi is of interest to Sunderland, Southampton and Everton and is currently amongst the lowest paid members of the Lazio senior squad, taking home just €200,000 per year