Chopra denies deliberately not shooting in derby

The Black Cats' forward - born in Newcastle and whose only Premier League goal for the Magpies was against Sunderland in April 2006 - went one-on-one with, Toon glove-man, Steve Harper in the dying moments of the derby on February 1 with the scores locked at 1-1.

However, he opted - and failed - to pick out strike partner Kenwyne Jones rather than attempt to net the winning goal against his old club.

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Gregg Davies

Gregg Davies is the Chief Sub Editor of FourFourTwo magazine, joining the team in January 2008 and spending seven years working on the website. He supports non-league behemoths Hereford and commentates on Bulls matches for Radio Hereford FC. His passions include chocolate hobnobs and attempting to shoehorn Ronnie Radford into any office conversation.