Sunderland boss Steve Bruce can't believe the hoopla that has come from him naming David Beckham man-of-the-match for this week's England performance.

Bruce's nomination has been condemned by many and the Black Cats manager hit back today, barking: "It's incredible - I have been known such a carry-on, I have to tell you. When I was in the stadium he came on to the pitch and, let's be fair, for 50 minutes it was dull, boring and uninteresting.

"That's the way I looked at it, but when David Beckham came onto the scene the whole stadium in unison rises to him and I thought blooming heck, wow, fantastic, now Dave what have you got?

"For me, for the 35-40 minutes he lit up Wembley with his attitude and that is why Fabio Capello keeps picking him for England to go into the squad to do something like that for him. Maybe he can't do it for 90 minutes, however for me he had an impact.

"That is the way I called it, then I saw Mr Powell's article calling it grotesque in the Mail and then I flicked over the page and his correspondent gave Peter Crouch man of the match nine, and David Beckham eight.

"Yet he was caning me for some grotesque insult to English football and then you get that other idiot, Stan Collymore, who I had to switch off on the radio on the way home. I had to say to the driver please turn him off that. It is totally embarrassing. He is one person that... don't get me tied on that one."