Preston 2 Sunderland 1: Highlights as Mads Frokjaer goal gives hosts win after Jack Clarke penalty
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Sunderland were beaten 2-1 by Preston at Deepdale – but how did each player for Tony Mowbray’s side?
The Black Cats fell behind in the 25th minute when Mads Frokjaer’s effort deflected into Sunderland’s net off Will Keane, as goalkeeper Anthony Patterson was wrong-footed.
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Hide AdSunderland responded well, as Jack Clarke won and converted a penalty just six minutes later, but couldn’t maintain their momentum in the second half.
Frokjaer then scored the winner just before the hour mark after a low finish past goalkeeper Anthony Patterson.
Here’s how the game played out:
RECAP: Preston 2 (Keane, 25) (Frokjaer, 60) Sunderland 1 (Clarke, 31, pen)
Key Events
- Sunderland XI: Patterson, Hume, Ballard, O’Nien, Cirkin, Neil, Ekwah (Ba, 76), Roberts, Bellingham (Pritchard, 66), Clarke, Dack (Hemir, 66)
- Subs: Bishop, Batth, Huggins, Triantis, Rigg, Ba, Pritchard, Bennette, Hemir
- Preston XI: Woodman, Potts, Lindsay, Storey, Hughes, Best (Whatmough, 79), Ledson, Browne, McCann (Holmes, 76), Frokjaer (Woodburn, 85), Keane
- Subs: Cornell, Cunningham, Bauer, Woodburn, Rodriguez-Gentile, Holmes, Whatmough, Taylor, Leigh
78’ Chance for Ba
A big chance for Ba who was picked out on the right but couldn’t quite get the ball under control.
Hughes managed to get back and tackle the Sunderland man.
75’ Close!
Roberts looked set to score after Clarke’s low cross but Woodman somehow kept the effort out from pointblank range.
73’ Good run from Roberts
Roberts almost created something there after an excellent run down the right, before his cutback was turned behind for a corner by Potts.
Pritchard’s set-piece found Hume at the back post yet the defender couldn’t make clean contact with his effort.
69’ Ballard booked
Sunderland have struggled to get going in this second half.
O’Nien conceded possession with a sloppy pass in his own half, before Ballard was booked for a late challenge on Ledson.
60’ Goal Preston (Frokjaer)
Sunderland are punished.
The visitors were stretched at the back again there as Browne stepped forward with the ball.
His sweeping low pass from right to left looked like it would be cut out by Ballard, yet the ball was flicked on by Keane and fell to Frokjaer at the far post.
The Preston player then beat Patterson with a calm finish.
2-1.
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