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9 Things You Need To Know: Tottenham vs Sunderland

Spurs’ 11 match unbeaten run was ended in a 2-1 defeat to Stoke in their last outing

Scott Parker covered the most ground for Spurs in that game with 6.33 miles, according to the EA SPORTS Player Performance Index

Adebayor scored for Spurs from the spot in that game for his 8th goal of the season from 43 efforts at goal with 67% on target

Younes Kaboul was harshly sent off for a second bookable offence in that game.

The French defender had been in good form, winning 23 tackles attempted and losing just won, and also adding 33 clearances and 30 interceptions.

Sunderland gave Martin O’Neill his first victory in charge with two late goals securing a 2-1 victory over Blackburn

Larsson scored from a free kick to erase memories of his penalty miss at Wolves and get his 5th goal of the season. Larsson has also contributed 4 assists this season, meaning he has been involved in exactly half of Sunderland’s goals this season.

Larsson also covered the most distance for Sunderland against Blackburn with 6.38 miles

David Vaughan scored his first goal of the season for Sunderland, having had 9 efforts to date

Remarkably, John O’Shea completed the joint highest number of passes in an opponent’s half (48) of any player in the EA SPORTS Player Performance Index last weekend. That figured was tied with his opponent in this weekend’s fixture Luka Modric

Well now, when it comes to football, one man has for many years been the most noticeable, the most controversial, and occasionally the most successful blogger this country has ever produced. His pithy words and abrasive style make him as famous off the pitch as he is on it. This man is Escapini. "I love football. Football she's a cruel mistress. She's, she's more than a mistress. She's a wife, she's a mother, she's a daughter, she's an errant child. She's a… she's a… she can make you laugh, she make you cry. She can bring tears me eyes. She can bring blood to me shoulders. She can bring a kettle to the boil." "Cause football is about nothing, unless it's about something and what it is about, is football."

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