Ipswich Town 1 Sunderland 1 - Story of the day as Nathan Broadhead earns Cats a point after Leon Dajaku injury blow
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The Black Cats were second best in the first half and fell behind on the stroke of half-time following James Norwood’s headed opener.
Nathan Broadhead drew Sunderland level five minutes after the interval, though, when he produced a neat finish following Dan Neil’s fine pass.
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Here’s how the game played out.
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RECAP: Ipswich 1 (Norwood, 45) Sunderland 1 (Broadhead, 50)
Key Events
- Sunderland XI: Hoffmann, Wright, Flanagan, Doyle, Gooch, Winchester, Neil, Dajaku (Hume, 41), Pritchard (Embleton, 63), Broadhead (O’Brien, 87), Stewart
- Subs: Patterson, Alves, Younger, Hume, Embleton, O’Brien, Kimpioka
- Ipswich XI: Walton, Donanicien, Edmundson, Woolfenden, Penny (Vincent-Young, 63), Burns, Morsy, Evans, Aluko, Bonne, Norwood (Chaplin, 69)
- Subs: Hladky, Burgess, Carroll, Vincent-Young, Fraser, Chaplin, Pigott
45’ GOAL! Ipswich lead (Norwood)
Just as it looked like Sunderland would get in level at half-time.
Ipswich deserve their lead on the balance of play after they broke down the right again.
Bonne’s cross was deflected up for Norwood to head home, with his effort going in off the bar.
1-0.
38’ It’s been stop-start
Now Dajaku has gone down following an Ipswich challenge.
There was a melee of players after the incident but it cleared up following boos from the home fans for another stoppage.
34’ Gooch down
Another stoppage in play after Gooch goes down following a clash of head.
Looks like he’ll be able to continue.
31’ Important block from Doyle
More good play from the hosts sees Bonne run down the left channel with the ball before picking out Burns with a low cross.
The latter got his shot off but Doyle had positioned himself well to block it.
27’ Ipswich press working well
Ipswich’s front three of Aluko, Bonne and Norwood have pressed Sunderland’s defence well so far.
The visitors tried to play out from the back there but Doyle miscontrolled Flanagan’s pass under pressure and the ball went out of play.