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Sunderland's Di Canio: Little Sessegnon is a big player

Sunderland boss Paolo Di Canio has labelled Stephane Sessegnon as a 'big' player.

The Benin international, who stands at 168cm, scored his second goal in as many matches to lead the Black Cats to a vital 1-0 win over Everton on Saturday which prompted his boss to sing his praises.

"The little one is big. He's a big player," Di Canio said. "We all know he is capable of scoring a goal like that.

"I want to point attention to the job they did once again up front. Both Stephane and Danny [Graham] - they left all their energy on the ground and then obviously the goal made all the difference. It was a fantastic goal."

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