AFC Wimbledon 1 Sunderland 1 RECAP: Story of the day after Alex Pritchard free-kick, Luke McCormick penalty and late red card in Alex Neil's first game
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The visitors fell behind in the 19th minute when Jack Rudoni’s cross hit Callum Doyle’s arm and referee Simon Mather awarded a penalty.
Sunderland drew level 10 minutes before half-time when Alex Pritchard curled home another excellent free-kick, his second goal in as many games.
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Hide AdMcCormick was then sent off after receiving a second yellow card.
Here’s how the game played out:
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RECAP: AFC Wimbledon 1 (McCormick, 19) Sunderland 1 (Pritchard, 35)
Key Events
- Sunderland XI: Patterson, Hume, Wright, Doyle, Cirkin, Matete, Winchester (Evans, 62), Neil, Pritchard, Clarke (Defoe, 62), Stewart (Roberts, 73)
- Subs: Carney, Xhemajli, Evans, Embleton, Dajaku, Roberts, Defoe
- AFC Wimbledon XI: Tzanev, Osew, Heneghan, Nightingale, Brown, Marsh, McCormick, Rudoni, Assal, Chislett (Hartigan, 76), Cosgrove (Cosgrave, 79)
- Subs: Broome, Alexander, Hartigan, Mebude, Kalambayi, Cosgrove, Tomas
16’ Chislett shoots wide
Wimbledon are trying to play out from the back and put together a good move there.
It ended with Chislett shooting wide from the edge of the box.
11’ Sunderland seeing more of the ball
The visitors are starting to dominate possession now.
They almost created a chance as Hume’s cross from the right was headed away by Nightingale.
5’ Big chance!
The first real chance fell to the hosts after a short free-kick was clipped into the box by Brown.
Rudoni was unmarked at the back post but failed to hit the target.
2’ Matete down
The Sunderland midfielder went down under a challenge and will need some treatment.
He looks ok to continue.
