{"id":396406,"date":"2011-04-25T11:52:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-25T11:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/25\/we-showed-character-to-defeat-wigan-sunderland-defender-michael-turner\/"},"modified":"2011-04-25T11:52:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-25T11:52:00","slug":"we-showed-character-to-defeat-wigan-sunderland-defender-michael-turner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/25\/we-showed-character-to-defeat-wigan-sunderland-defender-michael-turner\/","title":{"rendered":"We showed character to defeat Wigan &#8211; Sunderland defender Michael Turner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Jessica Harman<\/h3>\n<h4>25 Apr 2011 12:52:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"63.8113879004\">\n<div readability=\"15.3876404494\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Michael Turner - Sunderland, (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/119a778f113612_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Michael Turner &#8211; Sunderland, (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"25.1880900508\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/21688\/michael-turner\">Michael Turner<\/a> is convinced <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/537\/sunderland\">Sunderland<\/a> have shown their character after their nine-game run without a win came to an end this weekend against <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/536\/wigan-athletic\">Wigan<\/a>, in a victory that looks set to ensure <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\">Premier League<\/a> football at the Stadium of Light next season.<\/p>\n<p>Turner told the <em>Sunderland Echo<\/em>: \u201cIt was all about character on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was always going to be a tough test going one down. But the two lads going off in the first half had kind of galvanised us. We pulled together a little bit more and got our just desserts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After suffering first-half injuries to Phil Bardsley and Danny Welbeck, and then going down 1-0 to a Mohamed Diame goal just after half-time, it was looking like Sunderland were heading to a fifth consecutive defeat and further down the table towards the relegation zone.<\/p>\n<p>However, the 52nd minute Wigan opener seemed to finally shake the home side up, who then rallied together in an impressive manner to score four goals in under 20 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>It was a second-half performance that was reminiscent of the Sunderland side which was pushing for a place in Europe at Christmas, before the start of their demise in January.<\/p>\n<p>Although Wigan hit back with a late consolation goal from Franco Di Santo, to make the final score 4-2, Sunderland were the more creative and stronger side for a majority of the second-half and will now look for\u00a0 astrong finish to the season.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/119a778f113612_news.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here is the original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/04\/25\/2457377\/we-showed-character-to-defeat-wigan-sunderland-defender\" title=\"We showed character to defeat Wigan - Sunderland defender Michael Turner\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">We showed character to defeat Wigan &#8211; Sunderland defender Michael Turner<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Jessica Harman 25 Apr 2011 12:52:00 Michael Turner &#8211; Sunderland, (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Michael Turner is convinced Sunderland have shown their character after their nine-game run without a win came to an end this weekend against Wigan , in a victory that looks set to ensure Premier League football at the Stadium of Light next season. Turner told the Sunderland Echo : \u201cIt was all about character on Saturday. <\/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-396406","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>We showed character to defeat Wigan - Sunderland defender Michael Turner - 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\/25\/we-showed-character-to-defeat-wigan-sunderland-defender-michael-turner\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"We showed character to defeat Wigan - Sunderland defender Michael Turner - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Jessica Harman 25 Apr 2011 12:52:00 Michael Turner - Sunderland, (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Michael Turner is convinced Sunderland have shown their character after their nine-game run without a win came to an end this weekend against Wigan , in a victory that looks set to ensure Premier League football at the Stadium of Light next season. 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