Bolton Wanderers 6 Sunderland 0: Story of the day as Lee Johnson's side are thrashed at the University of Bolton Stadium
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The Black Cats went in 2-0 down at half-time after goals from Dion Charles and Dapo Afolayan.
Charles then scored his second of the match shortly after the break, before Kieran Lee added a fourth before the hour mark.
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Hide AdA Danny Batth own goal and Declan John strike then made it a total embarrassment for Lee Johnson’s side.
Here’s how the game played out at the University of Bolton Stadium:
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RECAP: Bolton 6 (Charles, 20, 50) (Afolayan, 42) (Lee, 59) (John, 88) Sunderland 0
Key Events
- Sunderland XI: Hoffmann, Winchester, Batth, Doyle, Cirkin (Clarke, 53), Evans, Neil (Pritchard, 53), Gooch, Embleton, Dajaku (Roberts, 66), Stewart
- Subs: Patterson, Flanagan, Hume, Roberts, Clarke, Pritchard, O’Brien
- Bolton XI: Trafford, Jones, Santon, Johnston, Fossey, Williams, Morley, John, Lee (Sadlier, 72), Charles (Bakayoko, 72), Afolayan (Bödvarsson, 72)
- Subs: Dixon, Bodvarsson, Bakayoko, Aimson, Sadlier, Thomason, Baptiste
78’ Another chance for five
Bolton go close again as an in-swinging free-kick is stabbed just wide by Bakayoko.
69’ It could be five
Sunderland are still getting cut apart.
This time Afolayan skipped past Evans on the edge of the box before setting up Fossey from a tight angle.
The wing-back’s low effort was saved by Hoffmann.