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Karanka: Defoe needs attention
- Updated: August 20, 2016
Aitor Karanka will demand his players pay extra attention to Sunderland striker Jermain Defoe when Middlesbrough take on Sunderland in the Wear-Tees derby at the Stadium of Light, live on Sky Sports.
Defoe’s 15 Premier League goals last season helped ensure another relegation escape for Sunderland – he scored five in their last nine games – and there were calls for the 33-year-old to be included in England’s Euro 2016 finals squad.
“It’s difficult to stop him because he’s the kind of player, when you’re always behind him it’s easy to mark him but, I don’t know why, he scores every single week,” Karanka said.
“So for that reason it’s going to be difficult. We have to keep our concentration for 95 minutes because he’s the kind of player who, if you miss your concentration for one second, he’ll take advantage. He’s a really …
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