Sunderland 1 Tottenham Hotspur 2: match report Blocked initially by a Spurs defender, the Scot pounced on the rebound only for Hugo Lloris to make an excellent save. The Frenchman, though, could not do anything about where the ball fell and O'Shea had the time to a side foot home his first goal for Sunderland in his 53rd game. It was rough on the visitors. Emmanuel Adebayor had stabbed an earlier effort against the crossbar after Cuellar made a mess of clearing Jermain Defoe's low shot. Adebayor was also denied by the feet of Mignolet, while golden boy Gareth Bale had also shown his fallibility, heading a good cross from Aaron Lennon over the bar when he should have tested Simon Mignolet. Having needed so much money to beat Man City on Boxing Day, Sunderland looked tired and rarely looked like scoring an equaliser in open play, while Spurs goalkeeper Hugo Lloris was superb clearing set-piece danger. Instead, it was Mignolet who was the busier of the two goalkeepers, producing one world class stop to deny Defoe after a great run from Bale - who was booked again for diving following a challenge from Craig Gardner inside the area - and also did well to keep out Adebayor late on.