Black Cats rebound to sink Boro

DARYL MURPHY'S injury-time strike was the goal that guaranteed Premier League football on Wearside next season - but Boro's survival scramble will go to the wire.

Murphy's late winner gave the Black Cats a deserved 3-2 win over the Boro at the Stadium of Light - and their first win over the Teessiders on home soil since 2000.

Boro were left kicking themselves at the final whistle as they let Sunderland score another last-gasp goal that cost them dearly.

In September it was Liam Miller who netted an 89th minute equaliser to force a 2-2 draw at the Riverside; yesterday Murphy's strike was even more expensive, sending the visitors back down the A19 empty-handed.

And while Sunderland can allow themselves a sigh of relief after this win, coupled with Birmingham's draw against Liverpool, saw them make mathematically certain of safety, Boro cannot relax just yet.