Sunderland kid Noble adds to rep with brace in Celtic friendly

Sunderland striker Ryan Noble added to his reputation yesterday with a double in their friendly against Celtic.

Excluding his brace in the friendly match, Noble has scored 36 competitive goals for Sunderland this season and coach Keith Bertschin says it's easy to see why the youngster has such a knack of finding the net.

"The energy of Ryan was a big positive," said Bertschin to safc.com. "He can turn ordinary play into something more with a move or a quick spin.

"The ball goes over the top and he's in. From going nowhere, the ball ends up in the net and that's the kind of ability he has."