Southgate in Praise for Viduka
Gareth Southgate paid tribute to striker Mark Viduka after seeing him come off the bench to hand him a first Barclays Premiership victory with a 2-1 win over Chelsea.
Southgate had to tell the Australian international on Tuesday he would not be starting the game, but got the perfect response when he blasted home a last-minute winner.
The manager said: "It is incredibly difficult when you have played alongside somebody, but I have said all along I will explain decisions like that.
"I did not try to kid him that I was resting him or anything like that. We wanted to play a particular way.
"He is a player of great quality and he showed tremendous character to respond in the way that he did."
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