sunderland hitman smashed home a missile of a left-footed volley in sunday 's 1-0 win at the stadium of light to ease the black cats three points clear of the barclays premier league relegation zone and send wearside into ecstasy .
it was just the club 's third home league win of the season , but a fifth successive victory over the magpies , and january signing defoe will have good reason to remember it long after he has finally hung up his boots .
jermain defoe -lrb- centre -rrb- connects beautifully with a left-footed volley to fire sunderland into a 1-0 lead .