Vote for your man of the match vs Middlesbrough
Sunderland fell to their second defeat of the season this afternoon as the Black Cats lost the Wear-Tees derby 2-1 at the Stadium of Light to Middlesbrough. A first-half brace from Uruguayan Christian Stuani was enough to see off David Moyes’ men despite a late second-half push from the Black Cats.
Sunderland began bright and caused Boro problems in the opening minutes through Adnan Januzaj, however, a screamer from Stuani on 13 minutes turned the game on its head. The Black Cats tried to fight back but were undone again just before the break when Stuani had the simplest of finishes after some neat play from the dangerous Alvaro Negredo.
The second half began much like the first, with Sunderland on the front foot, however, it wasn’t until the 70th minute when the Black Cats finally found the back of the net. Patrick Van Aanholt steered home after Brad Guzan spilled a low drive from Duncan Watmore to keep hope alive for Sunderland. It wasn’t to be though, with Boro hanging on to claim a fortunate, but vital three points.
You ultimately voted for .
Donald Love
Duncan Watmore
Steven Pienaar
Jeremain Lens
Lynden Gooch
John O'Shea
Papy Djilobodjit
Jack Rodwell
Vito Mannone
Patrick Van Aanholt
Adnan Januzaj
Jermain Defoe
Paddy McNair
Leaderboard
Lynden Gooch | 93% |
Papy Djilobodjit | 62% |
Adnan Januzaj | 52% |
Patrick Van Aanholt | 51% |
Steven Pienaar | 50% |
Jeremain Lens | 48% |
Duncan Watmore | 26% |
Jack Rodwell | 26% |
Jermain Defoe | 13% |
John O'Shea | 12% |
Donald Love | 5% |
Vito Mannone | 4% |
Paddy McNair | 2% |