Crewe 0 Sunderland 4: Story of the night following Terell Thomas own goal, Ross Stewart double and Leon Dajaku strike

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After a bit of a shaky start, the Black Cats took a two-goal lead before half-time following a Terrell Thomas own goal and Ross Stewart header.

Stewart added his second goal of the match from a corner after the break, before substitute Leon Dajaku netted a fourth.

The result means Lee Johnson’s side have moved up to second in the table, and have two games in hand on Plymouth ahead of them.

Here’s how the game played out.

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RECAP: Crewe 0 Sunderland 4 (Thomas, OG, 25) (Stewart, 32, 55) (Dajaku, 73)

Key Events

Sunderland XI: Hoffmann, Winchester, Flanagan, Doyle, Cirkin (Hume, 65), O’Nien, Neil, McGeady (Wright, 75), Pritchard (Dajaku, 58), O’Brien, Stewart
Subs: Burge, Younger, Wright, Hume, Dajaku, Wearne, Harris
Crewe XI: Jaaskelainen, Ramsey, Thomas, Offord, Daniels, McFadzean, Murphy, Long (Gomes, 60), Robertson, Bennett (Kashket, 60), Mandron
Subs: Richards, Adebisi, Finney, Gomes, Sass-Davies, Kashket, Porter

Tue, 19 Oct, 2021, 22:49 BST

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That’s it for tonight, but we’ll have lots more reaction and analysis from tonight’s match on the SAFC section of the Echo website.

See you soon.

Tue, 19 Oct, 2021, 22:48 BST

84’ Calls for a red card

Ramsay has just gone straight through Hume in front of the away fans.

It looked like a terrible tackle but the referee has given a throw-in.

Tue, 19 Oct, 2021, 21:26 BST

80’ Another Sunderland counter attack

The same thing almost happened as Sunderland broke forward from a corner through Neil.

This time Crewe had enough men back.

Tue, 19 Oct, 2021, 21:22 BST

74’ Bailey Wright is on

McGeady makes way.

Doyle has gone to left-back, with Hume pushing forward.

Tue, 19 Oct, 2021, 21:17 BSTUpdated 21:20 BST

73’ GOAL!!! DAKAJU!!! WHAT A HIT!

After the corner was cleared Dajaku drove forward with the ball from his own half.

When he reached the penalty area, the winger fired the ball past the keeper at his near post.

What a goal!

Tue, 19 Oct, 2021, 21:16 BSTUpdated 21:20 BST

71’ A little sloppy

Sunderland just got a little sloppy there as Neil conceded possession and Gomes’ shot deflected wide for a corner.

O’Nien headed the ball away.

Tue, 19 Oct, 2021, 21:10 BST