Birmingham 1 Sunderland 2: Highlights after Ellis Simms and Amad Diallo goals give Cats win
Sunderland hung on to claim a 2-1 win at Birmingham City in their final match before the World Cup break.
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The Black Cats took a first-half lead when Amad set up Ellis Simms to score in the 25th minute.
Birmingham saw more of the ball but fell further behind when Amad scored an excellent second for the Black Cats, converting in front of the travelling fans.
Substitute Lukas Jutkiewicz then pulled a goal back for Birmingham 12 minutes from time but Sunderland were able to hold on.
Here’s how the game played out:
RECAP: Birmingham 1 (Jutkiewicz, 78) Sunderland 2 (Simms, 25) (Amad, 48)
Key Events
- Sunderland XI: Patterson, Hume, Wright, Batth, Huggins, Evans, Neil, Amad (Roberts, 65), Pritchard (Embleton, 84) , Clarke, Simms (Matete, 84)
- Subs: Bass, Johnson, Matete, Ba, Bennette, Roberts, Embleton
- Birmingham XI: Ruddy, Colin (Hall, 58) , Sanderson, Trusty, Longelo, Bielik (James, 87), Hannibal (Chong, 58), Bacuna, Bellingham (Jutkiewicz, 58), Hogan, Deeney
- Subs: Etheridge, Friend, Graham, James, Hall, Chong, Jutkiewicz
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