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BLACK CATS MORE LIKE SOFT KITTENS

Boro top dogs as Pulis has field day

By Mark Williams

STAR MAN RUDY GESTEDE Middlesbrough

ON THE WAY: Middlesbrough’s Rudy Gestede celebrates scoring their first.
PICTURES: Action Images

CHRIS Coleman has vowed not to “take kittens into the dogfight” after Sunderland were swept aside by North East rivals Middlesbrough at the Riverside Stadium.
First-half goals by Rudy Gestede and Martin Braithwaite gave Boro fans the bragging rights over their neighbours for the fifth game in a row between the sides.
Coleman’s strugglers, rock bottom of the Championship, ...

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