{"id":364292,"date":"2011-04-03T18:37:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-03T18:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/03\/steve-bruce-slams-sunderland-after-manchester-city-hiding-we-were-second-best\/"},"modified":"2011-04-03T18:37:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-03T18:37:00","slug":"steve-bruce-slams-sunderland-after-manchester-city-hiding-we-were-second-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/03\/steve-bruce-slams-sunderland-after-manchester-city-hiding-we-were-second-best\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Bruce slams Sunderland after Manchester City hiding: We were second best"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Steve Hewlett at Eastlands<\/h3>\n<h4>3 Apr 2011 19:37:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"67.496004917025\">\n<div readability=\"14.218085106383\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Steve Bruce - Sunderland, (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/a7997070113629_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Steve Bruce &#8211; Sunderland, (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"34.123783031989\"><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/537\/sunderland\">Sunderland<\/a> boss <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/2844\/steve-bruce\">Steve Bruce<\/a> classed his side&#8217;s performance as &#8216;second best&#8217; after their 5-0 drubbing at the hands of Champions League chasers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/109\/manchester-city\">Manchester City<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Goals from Adam Johnson, Carlos Tevez, David Silva, Patrick Viera and Yaya Toure secured victory for Roberto Mancini&#8217;s side and saw the Black Cats slip to 12th in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom start to finish it was brutal, we were second best from the moment it started, we got what we deserved &#8211; nothing.\u00a0 We got our backsides kicked. I could try and make excuses but I won\u2019t, said Bruce.<\/p>\n<p>Bruce was scathing in the appraisal of individual performances and made it clear that he was not happy with what he saw from the vast majority of his side.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you come here, you\u2019ve got to play well and we didn\u2019t. There were one or two who did OK, but the rest weren\u2019t good enough on the day,\u201d he admitted.<\/p>\n<p>The Premier League table remains tight as ever and Sunderland have 38 points from their 31 games. With seven fixtures still to go, Bruce was asked if safety has been secured.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe haven\u2019t got enough points yet.\u00a0 We\u2019ve been on a horrific run with a half-fit squad, but that\u2019s not an excuse,&#8221; said Bruce.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve found it very difficult over the last six weeks, but we still have to play Bolton and the bottom six so it\u2019s up to us.\u201d <br \/><em><br \/><\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/a7997070113629_news.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read the original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/04\/03\/2424175\/steve-bruce-slams-sunderland-after-manchester-city-hiding-we\" title=\"Steve Bruce slams Sunderland after Manchester City hiding: We were second best\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Steve Bruce slams Sunderland after Manchester City hiding: We were second best<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Steve Hewlett at Eastlands 3 Apr 2011 19:37:00 Steve Bruce &#8211; Sunderland, (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Sunderland boss Steve Bruce classed his side&#8217;s performance as &#8216;second best&#8217; after their 5-0 drubbing at the hands of Champions League chasers Manchester City . Goals from Adam Johnson, Carlos Tevez, David Silva, Patrick Viera and Yaya Toure secured victory for Roberto Mancini&#8217;s side and saw the Black Cats slip to 12th in the Premier League. <\/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-364292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Steve Bruce slams Sunderland after Manchester City hiding: We were second best - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/03\/steve-bruce-slams-sunderland-after-manchester-city-hiding-we-were-second-best\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Steve Bruce slams Sunderland after Manchester City hiding: We were second best - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Steve Hewlett at Eastlands 3 Apr 2011 19:37:00 Steve Bruce - Sunderland, (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Sunderland boss Steve Bruce classed his side&#039;s performance as &#039;second best&#039; after their 5-0 drubbing at the hands of Champions League chasers Manchester City . 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