Asamoah Gyan revealed he was \u201crelieved\u201d to be back on the scoresheet after making a successful cameo off the substitutes\u2019 bench against Blackburn.
\nThe Ghanaian found the net in the 89th minute to seal a 3-0 win after coming on for Darren Bent in the closing stages of the game. Gyan\u2019s seventh goal of the season was a cracker as he found the corner of the goal with a curling shot from the edge of the box.
\nDanny Welbeck and Darren Bent also scored, with Bent netting his first goal in six games to take his tally to 11 for the season. Gyan, who hadn\u2019t scored in his previous six games, said: \u201cDarren did well for his goal and he is relieved now. As an attacker if you do not score it gets frustrating.
\n\u201cI didn\u2019t score in the last few games, although my performance was alright. But as an attacker I needed to put the ball in the back of the net and I am relieved too.\u201d
\n\u201cWe created a lot of chances in the last game without scoring and we were a bit down. But today we proved to everybody we can score and that is one of the most important things.\u201d
\nAnd the Ghanaian highlighted a stroke of luck as key to the result as Welbeck\u2019s shot took a big deflection to beat Blackburn keeper Mark Bunn and give Sunderland an early lead.
\nThat break came after Gyan and his team-mates toiled in front of goal as they went down 2-0 at home to Blackpool on December 28 despite having more than 30 shots during the 90 minutes. \u201cIt was a great game today,\u201d said Gyan. \u201dWe started so well with the first goal, which kept our confidence going.
\n\u201cEven in the last game we did well so we just had to maintain our performance. Everything was great today. \u201cI said to one of my colleagues that today is our day, unlike the last game. But in football, everything goes and luck counts.\u201d
\nSource: www.safc.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Asamoah Gyan revealed he was \u201crelieved\u201d to be back on the scoresheet after making a successful cameo off the substitutes\u2019 bench against Blackburn. The Ghanaian found the net in the 89th minute to seal a 3-0 win after coming on for Darren Bent in the closing stages of the game. Gyan\u2019s seventh goal of the […]<\/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-272620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\n