Sunderland leave it late to gain their second point of the campaign.
An early miss from close range by Defoe, and a high defensive back line, encouraged West Brom to gain a one goal advantage heading into Half time. Record signing Nacer Chadli got on the end of a waited pass by Matt Phillips in the 35th minute to slot the ball into the bottom left corner, betaing a diving Jordan Pickford.
The second half saw a dominant West Brom tallying their shot total to 17, even though Sunderland were in control of possession they couldn’t make it count until substitute Van Aanholt scored within the back in the 83rd minute beating goalkeeper Ben Foster, assist came from the ever present Duncan Watmore.
Sunderland are yet without their first win of the season but do move up one place to 19th, West Brom however move up to 9th
Sunderland XI
13 Jordan Pickford
4 Jason Denayer
21 Javier Manquillo
23 Lamine Kone
10 Wahbi Khazri (90′ Lynden Gooch)
14 Duncan Watmore
17 Didier Ndong
19 Paddy Mcnair ( 72′ Jack Rodwell)
27 Jan Kirchhoff (56′ Van Aanholt)
18 Jermain Defoe
Unused Substitutes
39 George Honeyman
12 Mika
5 Papy Djilobdji
22 Donald Love
West Brom XI
1 Ben Foster
2 Nyom
6 Johnny Evans
23 Gareth McAuley
25 Craig Dawson
5 Claudio Yacob
10 Matt Phillips
14 James McClean (73′ Craig Gordon)
24 Darren Fletcher
9 Salomon Rondon (90′ Hal Robson-Kanu)
22 Nacer Chadli (90′ James Morrison)
Unused substitutes
45 Jonathan Leko
13 Boaz Myhill
18 Sadio Berahino
3 Jonas Olsson
Sunderland Match Stats West Brom
56.3% Possession 43.7%
2 Shots on Target 7
7 Shots 17
633 Touches 517
426 Passes 321
19 Tackles 17
32 Clearances 29
6 Corners 6
2 Offsides 1
