West Ham vs Sunderland Highlights : EPL Highlights

Posted on April 5, 2009
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Junior Stanislas scored on his debut for West Ham as Gianfranco Zola’s homegrown youngsters kept them in the hunt for European qualification with a 2-0 defeat of visiting Sunderland.

Stanislas, 19, broke the deadlock just before the break, then 20-year-old James Tomkins doubled the lead after the restart at Upton Park.

Hammers boss Zola had spoken on the eve of the game about his young guns stepping up following injuries to Carlton Cole and Scott Parker – and they responded immediately.

West Ham have always been proud of raising talent, back from the 1960s when they provided England with the players to win the World Cup.

Frank Lampard, Rio Ferdinand, Joe Cole and Glen Johnson are few among the current England players who started at the club, and Zola has always said there would be more to come. Tomkins has been highly regarded for a while and Stanislas is now the next one in the limelight.

Victory moved West Ham back up to seventh in the table – which should be enough for continental football but it leaves Ricky Sbragia’s men in deep relegation trouble.

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