Manchester City 2 Sunderland 1: Cruel, late loss for Black Cats - how fans reacted on Twitter

Plenty of positives for the Black Cats then. Here are some reactions from Sunderland fans on Twitter.

@ryanboyd93: There’s still work to be done but I’m genuinely looking forward to the future under Moyes. #SAFC #HawayTheLads

@ppaul121: Never expected to win but on balance a draw would be fair #penalty and #owngoal I’m still optimistic #safc

@_GraemeAtkinson: If it wasn’t for bad luck, we’d have no luck at all

@RhysCopeland94: No blame can be put on McNair for that, nothing he could do about it

@SuperkevFTM: A lot to be positive about there. Good debuts for Love and Gooch. Feel for Paddy. We knew what this fixture was and we didn’t do bad. #safc

@Kristophr: Cruel defeats, pretty much the norm. Can’t be too disappointed against city #safc

@JonnyMc93: Tough to take considering the performance. We’ll go again next week with plenty of positives from today #safc

@petewhalen7: Kaboul outstanding today too. Januzaj and Khazri on from the start next week. Hopefully Cattermole and Kirchhoff fit too

@Deggsytweets: Make shift starting XI didn’t get disgraced, had more fight than I thought after conceding early, we move on

@cashsafc: So unlucky, Januzaj excellent, Love held his own, Gooch was direct, Defoe was his usual self, McNair shouldn’t worry. #safc

@RubixSAFC: Plenty of positives like. Gooch arguably our best player; Kaboul and Kone oustanding at the back, Defoe did what Defoe does best

@RGHanson93: Gooch and Januzaj looked good, a lot of improvement needed from Love though

@lukepennock: Absolutely gutted.. cant believe it! Deserved a point! #SAFC

@MorganLowrie: The last Sunderland player to score an OG on his debut was Jan Kirchoff. Loads of positives. Haway the lads

@Mackemkian: Got beat but a lot of positives from that considering the players we’ve missing..

@willcampbell407: Honestly don’t know why #mcfc players applauded their fans, they were shocking, couldn’t hear them at all over #safc fans

@H3nno59: Hang on #safc . We gifted them a penalty and an own goal. I’m happy with that performance. Well done Sunderland.

@RichardH0rsfall: Can’t fault the effort, especially with a weaker RB, midfield 3 and wide man than what we finished the season with.

@ferryhillbuston: We went and gave a decent account of ourselves in that game. Can’t complain

@AndySAFC: A penalty and an own goal was what City’s billions needed to beat us after our shambolic pre-season

@RobKing13: Chin up Paddy son. Big Jan had a nightmare debut too and look how good he is now!!

@MarcFTM: Deserved a point. 2 preventable goals but much more confident in the squad than before kickoff

@LastWordSAFC: Players to return (from injury and the bench), new players hopefully to come in. We’ll be OK. Everything crossed.

@Thuba1990: Well done lads 2 silly defensive errors very unlucky

@Sam96Prior: A penalty and an own goal, didn’t do ourselves any favours. Onwards and upwards though, big game against Boro next week

@FezzaSAFC: Would have had money on us to lose today, a makeshift team with key players missing and we ran them so close. Roll on next week!

@kinglewimcmxc: Januzaj looks like he could do well with a fresh lease of life. Too late for him at #mufc but I wish him luck at #safc.