{"id":419461,"date":"2011-05-08T01:34:09","date_gmt":"2011-05-08T01:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/08\/sulley-muntari-grabs-his-first-sunderland-goal\/"},"modified":"2011-05-08T01:34:09","modified_gmt":"2011-05-08T01:34:09","slug":"sulley-muntari-grabs-his-first-sunderland-goal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/08\/sulley-muntari-grabs-his-first-sunderland-goal\/","title":{"rendered":"Sulley Muntari Grabs His First Sunderland Goal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"65\">Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#8217;s most authoritative football news website.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"7\"><strong><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-28692\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/2011\/05\/sulley-muntari-grabs-his-first-sunderland-goal\/sulley-muntari-sunderland-premier-league_2593967\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-28692\" title=\"Sulley Muntari grabs his first Sunderland goal\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Sulley-Muntari-Sunderland-Premier-League_2593967-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Ghana midfielder Sulley Muntari scored his first goal in England since his return from Italy, helping Sunderland to a vital 2-1 away win over Bolton on Saturday.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ghana midfielder Sulley Muntari scores his goal against Bolton on Saturday<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Ghana midfielder Sulley Muntari scored his first goal in England since his return from Italy, helping Sunderland to a vital 2-1 away win over Bolton on Saturday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The late substitute forced the ball home despite the efforts of Bolton defender Zat Knight to keep it out after Stephane Sessegnon had created the opening.<\/p>\n<p>Muntari\u2019s strike looks sealed their place in the top-flight for next season.<\/p>\n<p>Sunderland had taken the lead in first half stoppage time through skipper Bolo Zenden, who rounded Jussi Jaaskelainen with Bolton appealing in vain for offside.<\/p>\n<p>Substitute Ivan Klasnic had pulled the home side level with a firm header three minutes from time following a superb cross from Rodrigo Moreno, who had also stepped off the bench.<\/p>\n<p>But the drama was far from over as Sessegnon played substitute Muntari in and the midfielder rolled the ball underneath Jaaskelainen to seal the points for his side in added time and secure a vital victory.<\/p>\n<p>It was only Sunderland\u2019s second win in 12 league games and a welcome one at that given their injury problems have decimated the squad.<\/p>\n<p>Muntari joined the Black Cats on loan from Inter Milan in January but has struggled with his fitness because of lack of playing time at Sunderland.<\/p>\n<p>His performance could spark his revival but with few matches remaining, he could have peaked at the wrong time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>See more here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ghanasoccernet.com\/2011\/05\/sulley-muntari-grabs-his-first-sunderland-goal\/\" title=\"Sulley Muntari Grabs His First Sunderland Goal\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sulley Muntari Grabs His First Sunderland Goal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#8217;s most authoritative football news website. Ghana midfielder Sulley Muntari scores his goal against Bolton on Saturday Ghana midfielder Sulley Muntari scored his first goal in England since his return from Italy, helping Sunderland to a vital 2-1 away win over Bolton on Saturday. The late substitute forced the ball home despite the efforts of Bolton defender Zat Knight to keep it out after Stephane Sessegnon had created the opening. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":413591,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-419461","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sulley Muntari Grabs His First Sunderland Goal - 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\/05\/08\/sulley-muntari-grabs-his-first-sunderland-goal\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Sulley Muntari Grabs His First Sunderland Goal - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#039;s most authoritative football news website. Ghana midfielder Sulley Muntari scores his goal against Bolton on Saturday Ghana midfielder Sulley Muntari scored his first goal in England since his return from Italy, helping Sunderland to a vital 2-1 away win over Bolton on Saturday. The late substitute forced the ball home despite the efforts of Bolton defender Zat Knight to keep it out after Stephane Sessegnon had created the opening.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/08\/sulley-muntari-grabs-his-first-sunderland-goal\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/08\/sulley-muntari-grabs-his-first-sunderland-goal\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Sulley Muntari Grabs His First Sunderland Goal\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-05-08T01:34:09+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/08\/sulley-muntari-grabs-his-first-sunderland-goal\/\"},\"wordCount\":266,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/08\/sulley-muntari-grabs-his-first-sunderland-goal\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"articleSection\":[\"Local News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/08\/sulley-muntari-grabs-his-first-sunderland-goal\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/08\/sulley-muntari-grabs-his-first-sunderland-goal\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/08\/sulley-muntari-grabs-his-first-sunderland-goal\/\",\"name\":\"Sulley Muntari Grabs His First Sunderland Goal - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/08\/sulley-muntari-grabs-his-first-sunderland-goal\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/08\/sulley-muntari-grabs-his-first-sunderland-goal\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-05-08T01:34:09+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/08\/sulley-muntari-grabs-his-first-sunderland-goal\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/08\/sulley-muntari-grabs-his-first-sunderland-goal\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Sulley Muntari Grabs His First Sunderland Goal - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/08\/sulley-muntari-grabs-his-first-sunderland-goal\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Sulley Muntari Grabs His First Sunderland Goal - Ghanamma.com","twitter_description":"Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana's most authoritative football news website. Ghana midfielder Sulley Muntari scores his goal against Bolton on Saturday Ghana midfielder Sulley Muntari scored his first goal in England since his return from Italy, helping Sunderland to a vital 2-1 away win over Bolton on Saturday. The late substitute forced the ball home despite the efforts of Bolton defender Zat Knight to keep it out after Stephane Sessegnon had created the opening.","twitter_creator":"@ghanamma","twitter_site":"@ghanamma","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/08\/sulley-muntari-grabs-his-first-sunderland-goal\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/08\/sulley-muntari-grabs-his-first-sunderland-goal\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Sulley Muntari Grabs His First Sunderland Goal","datePublished":"2011-05-08T01:34:09+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/08\/sulley-muntari-grabs-his-first-sunderland-goal\/"},"wordCount":266,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/08\/sulley-muntari-grabs-his-first-sunderland-goal\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","articleSection":["Local News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/08\/sulley-muntari-grabs-his-first-sunderland-goal\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/08\/sulley-muntari-grabs-his-first-sunderland-goal\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/08\/sulley-muntari-grabs-his-first-sunderland-goal\/","name":"Sulley Muntari Grabs His First Sunderland Goal - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/08\/sulley-muntari-grabs-his-first-sunderland-goal\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/08\/sulley-muntari-grabs-his-first-sunderland-goal\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","datePublished":"2011-05-08T01:34:09+00:00","author":{"@id":""},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/08\/sulley-muntari-grabs-his-first-sunderland-goal\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/08\/sulley-muntari-grabs-his-first-sunderland-goal\/#primaryimage","url":"","contentUrl":""},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=419461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=419461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=419461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}