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Chris Kamara: Sunderland have plenty about them away from home under Gus Poyet

Image: Gus Poyet said the victory was "one of the best days I have had in football"

Chris Kamara reflects on Sunderland's crunching derby win, Stoke's victory over Manchester United and the latest from Leeds...

Moyes must make United tougher to beat

KAMMY SAYS: Without a shadow of a doubt United are underachieving. If David Moyes was taking an Everton team to somewhere like Stoke I'm sure they would solid, organised and difficult to beat but now United have an air of vulnerability when they go to all these places and a lot of clubs believe they are going to beat them. That's an amazing turnaround for the Champions to go through in such a short space of time. It's baffling me, it really is. Under Moyes, Everton were always very difficult to beat. They might not show as much flair as they are showing under Roberto Martinez now but they made life tough for other teams. For some reason that has deserted Moyes since his move to Old Trafford. Only last week Moyes was saying that he wouldn't play Van Persie, Rooney and Mata together but he did on Saturday with Rooney dropping into midfield. You could argue that things might have been different if Michael Carrick hadn't had to drop back to centre-half after Jonny Evans went off injured.

Toure holds up his hand after howler

KAMMY SAYS: We can all look back on things in football and think 'if that didn't happen, then that wouldn't' and Kolo Toure's pass for West Brom's equaliser definitely falls into that category. But that's football. Sometimes you get away with mistakes like that because somebody misses the chance, on other times you get punished as Toure did. When you get punished you have to hold your hand up and fair play to Toure, he has done exactly that because he knows he's made a massive mistake and has cost his side two points - and they are a massive two points for Liverpool. It's a big point for West Brom and the new manager Pepe Mel because he's still trying to settle in. Even though he's gone through the transfer window, he's hardly been unable to put his own stamp and influence on the team - he's had to do with what he's got. Sign-in to watch highlights of West Brom v Liverpool

Leeds saga is like a 'Dream Team' storyline

KAMMY SAYS: One word sums up what's going on at Leeds - farce. It's like a storyline out of that Sky show Dream Team.That's the only thing that seems 100 per cent certain! Leeds is one of my old clubs and it's still dear to my heart so it's painful to see it becoming a bit of a laughing stock. There are people out there who want to buy Leeds and have the club's real interest at heart rather than making money and I hope they end up in control. I can't imagine what's going through Brian McDermott's mind at the moment. This isn't Sunday morning park football - this is people messing around with people's careers and lives, not to mention the heritage and stature of Leeds. The key thing is that Brian's reputation is intact; Leeds are not far off the play-offs, so it's not as though they are dead in the water. People will now understand what he's had to work with and deal with to try and get them into the position that they are. To be fair to Ross McCormack and the boys they could have gone out on Saturday and gone through the motions but they didn't and it was a massive local derby against Huddersfield and Mark Robins will definitely have wanted to win that.

Cardiff are Gunnar go places

KAMMY SAYS: Elsewhere over the weekend, there was a good win for Cardiff - they did well to come back and beat Norwich from a goal down. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer now has his first win and that will give him a big lift. It just goes to show how far Hull City have come when they are disappointed to only get a point against Spurs at home, while Southampton just roll on and on; they were very impressive at Fulham, so there have been some good performances over the weekend, and I'm really looking forward to tonight's big clash between Man City and Chelsea. Sign-in to watch highlights of Arsenal v Crystal Palace

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