What A Goal!

Last updated : 21 September 2003 By Mad Reporter
Poom rose magnificently to head home a corner in the dying seconds of the game against his former club at Pride Park to earn the Black Cats a 1-1 draw.

"When Derby scored, our marking was nowhere and so Ian Taylor managed to get the ball in the back of the net," the Estonian keeper said after the game.

"But late on we'd had two corners in quick succession, I saw the gaffer waving me up and so I got in there.

"The corner was put in the perfect spot for me and in the end there was nothing Andy Oakes could have done, he couldn't possibly have saved it.

"It was fantastic to score and I think a draw was a fair result.

"But this has been an emotional day for me because the Derby fans were fantastic to me while I was here and I never really had a chance to say goodbye to them.

"They were magnificent with me again today and still applauded me at the end."

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