Manchester City punished Sunderland for some woeful defending as Greek striker Georgios Samaras scored twice for a 2-1 win.

Bottom of the table, Sunderland also had captain Gary Breen sent off five minutes from the end of a game they threw away by gifting City two goals in the first 10 minutes.

Defender Danny Collins was caught in possession by Samaras in the penalty area and the Greek forward smashed his angled shot past keeper Kelvin Davis after nine minutes.

Winger Trevor Sinclair got behind the Sunderland defence a minute later and crossed for Samaras to score his second. Kevin Kyle pulled one back for Sunderland in the 25th minute but too much damage had already been done.

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GO SAMARASSSSSSS

i saw the game.. he is a very gifted young fellow he is gonna do wonders for man city of course he is greek

Nice (miscued) volley, a good looking goal

Well he has a top week, made his debut for Greece, scored twice, now another 2 for Man City.

All in a space of a week

Manchester City striker Georgios Samaras scored his fourth goal in eight games for his new club to pave the way for a 2-1 home victory over Aston Villa in their FA Cup fifth-round replay