Asamoah Gyan was delighted to return to the scoresheet in Sunderland’s 3-0 win over Blackburn Rovers and admitted he hoped he had given manager Steve Bruce a selection headache.
\n\u201cI\u2019m really happy because I haven\u2019t scored for a while,\u201d Gyan told reporters after the match.
\n\u201cAs an attacker if you play two or three games and you\u2019re not scoring it\u2019s a bit frustrating.
\n\u201cMy game is a bit better, the coach has been talking about my play after each game and he thinks the performance is better, the goal was coming. So we just had to keep our composure and make sure we do our best to win games.”
\nTalking through his goal, the striker admitted he was thinking about passing the ball to a team-mate before going for the bottom corner with a curling drive.
\n\u201cWhen Jordan [Henderson] gave me the ball I was just trying to tease the defender and I saw [David] Meyler going through and I wanted to pass the ball through but I had to be myself,” he added.
\n\u201cSometimes as an attacker you have to be yourself. You have to take responsibility so I said \u2018hey, why not? We are up two, I have to be myself\u2019 so I decided to shoot and I got it.
\n\u201cI know I have that quality of curling the ball wide so I wanted to try my luck and I got it, so it\u2019s really one of those things.\u201d
\nGyan also revealed that his team-mate Darren Bent was relieved to end his recent goal drought but admitted he was also hoping his own performance had given his manager something to think about.
\n\u201c[Bent] is really happy, I could see him after the game. As an attacker if you score, finally, you find a bit [of] relief. If I\u2019m in his shoes I would feel the same way,” he said.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s really really important for the team, it will give the coach a headache now. All of us are doing well and it\u2019s really better for the team, individuals and the whole of Sunderland. We are doing so well and I hope it continues. \u201c
\nThe Ghanaian international, who previously played for Udinese and Rennes before joining Sunderland, admitted he wasn\u2019t used to playing games so regularly over the Christmas period as he usually has a break in winter.
\n\u201cHonestly, I\u2019m not used to playing a game every two days. I was even alone during Christmas, my family wasn\u2019t here, every Christmas I\u2019ve been going to Ghana,” explained Gyan.
\n\u201cSo it\u2019s like something strange to me. I\u2019m now in England so I\u2019ll get used to it.”
\nAsked if he thought he was pushing for a place in Sunderland\u2019s starting line-up against Aston Villa, the striker said he prefers to see the team winning.
\n\u201cI don\u2019t really know for now, what matters is we\u2019re winning most of the games. I\u2019m here to make sure Sunderland go places and it doesn\u2019t matter if I\u2019m on the bench or not,” he said.
\n\u201cI just keep focused and make sure Sunderland win, that\u2019s all.”
\nGyan celebrated his goal with his trademark dance and said he hoped Bolo Zenden would join him in doing so in the future.
\n\u201cBolo [Zenden] is a very sympathetic guy, he\u2019s very cool. We do [dance], sometimes, in the dressing room,\u201d explained Gyan. \u201cI saw Anton [Ferdinand] is really better so I had to call him because you\u2019ll see when I scored I was calling Anton.
\n\u201cBolo was a bit shy because of what happened at Stamford Bridge, he\u2019s a bit shy, but I think maybe next time he will dance.\u201d
\nLooking back to Sunderland\u2019s previous home defeat against Blackpool, Gyan reflected that Sunderland were just unlucky on the day.
\n\u201cI would say it wasn\u2019t our day because we created a lot of chances. That was the most important thing. We did all we could, everybody understood that luck wasn\u2019t on our side,” he added.
\n\u201cSometimes in football you need a bit of luck, I would say 10 per cent counts in a game \u2013 of luck. We did everything against Blackpool. I seemed a bit surprised after the game but I\u2019m professional footballer, I do understand the game so we had to just keep our heads up and keep on going.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Asamoah Gyan was delighted to return to the scoresheet in Sunderland’s 3-0 win over Blackburn Rovers and admitted he hoped he had given manager Steve Bruce a selection headache. \u201cI\u2019m really happy because I haven\u2019t scored for a while,\u201d Gyan told reporters after the match. \u201cAs an attacker if you play two or three games […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-272617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\n