BOURNEMOUTH, Nov 5: Victor Anichebe inspired bottom-place Sunderland to its first success in the English Premier League, scoring the opener and winning a penalty in a 2-1 victory over Bournemouth on Saturday.
Anichebe, whose only notable contribution this term had been a Twitter gaffe after the recent defeat at West Ham, was handed a first league start by under-pressure manager David Moyes.
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And the striker responded with his first goal in 18 months, to cancel out Dan Gosling's opener, before winning the penalty which Jermain Defoe dispatched to seal a 2-1 victory.
The win was all the more remarkable given Sunderland's Steven Pienaar was sent off with half an hour to go for a challenge on Junior Stanislas.
