Sunderland striker Darren Bent has taken a swipe at his former Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp.

Almost half of Bent's 60 top-flight appearances for Spurs came from the bench, before he was bombed out by boss Redknapp in the summer.

But the 25-year-old is the first name on Steve Bruce's team-sheet after his club record £10million switch to Wearside, and the England World Cup hopeful said: "The main thing is that I'm playing games now, which I wasn't doing at Spurs.

"So it's not so much a case of me being a better striker, it's a case of me getting a chance and taking it."