The winner in a 2-1 win. Hopefully returns to wearside full of confidence. I have a feeling he's due to destroy a team with a flurry of goals, hoping is Fulham. Ireland are through after drawing 1-1 Seb just nearly scored with a cross and Bent just missed a header Good night all round
NICKLAS BENDTNER has already convinced Steve Bruce to push for a permanent deal next summer, but the Sunderland manager fears there will be significant interest in the Denmark striker from home and abroad. Bendtner's season long loan move to the Stadium of Light has had a timely impact on his international form, scoring five goals in as many matches for his country since joining Sunderland on August 31. The latest of those goals arrived in victories over Sweden and Finland in the last eight days, with Bruce quick to hear from Denmark coach Morten Olsen just how good the 23-year-old was. Bendtner has not been able to find the net that regularly in his seven outings for the Black Cats, but his performances have been to a high standard and has brought another dimension to the team's attacking play. He will be in the starting line-up against Fulham this afternoon, when he is hoping to add to his two goals in a Sunderland shirt. But Bruce has already seen enough to want to keep him beyond this season. He knows though, having witnessed Danny Welbeck make the most of his season-long loan move to Wearside last season before returning to Manchester United, that he can't bank on keeping him too early. "I've made no secret that we'd love to sign him," said Bruce. "It's going to be one of those again, the better he does, certainly internationally, people are looking at him http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/football/sunderland/9373506.Bruce_admits_to_Bendtner_worries/
