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Article: Grant: I thought I was coming off.
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- Sunderland Echo (Pennywell, England)
- Article date:
- December 18, 2006
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GRANT LEADBITTER thought his number was up before going on to help Sunderland to a smash-and-grab draw at Burnley.
The midfielder confessed that he wasn't playing well and thought he would be substituted when Graham Kavanagh and Liam Miller were waiting to come in from the bench.
But boss Roy Keane kept faith with the homegrown playmaker and Leadbitter repaid him with the strike that got the Black Cats back into the game from 2-0 behind.
Leadbitter said: "We didn't get going in the game and I was a bit lucky to still be on the pitch when I scored because I wasn't myself.
"When Kav and Liam were waiting to come on, I thought it would ...