Sunderland 1 Crewe 1: Highlights as Cats are knocked out of Carabao Cup on penalties despite Chris Rigg goal
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Sunderland were knocked out of the Carabao Cup after they were beaten on penalties by League Two side Crewe - and fans have been reacting on social media.
The match finished 1-1 in normal time before the visitors won 5-3 on penalties, with Pierre Ekwah the only player to miss his spot kick.
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Hide AdCrewe took the lead when centre-back Luke Offord headed the ball home from an in-swining corner on the stroke of half-time.
Sunderland responded by bringing on debutant Bradley Dack, Pierre Ekwah and Jack Clarke in the second half, with Chris Rigg scoring an equaliser in the 64th minute.
The Black Cats couldn’t force a winner, though, before they were beaten on spot kicks.
RECAP: Sunderland 1 (Rigg, 64) Crewe 1 (Offord, 45+1) - Crewe win 5-3 on penalties
Key Events
- Sunderland XI: Bishop, Johnson (Crompton, 45), Batth, Triantis, Huggins, Rigg, Neil (Ekwah, 45) , Ba (Clarke, 60), Pritchard, Taylor (Dack, 45), Bennette (Bellingham, 69)
- Subs: Patterson, Crompton, O’Nien, Ekwah, Bellingham, Spellman, Roberts, Clarke, Dack
- Crewe XI: Davies, Cooney, Williams, Offord, Baker-Richardson (Nevitt, 69), Tracey (Lunt, 59), Tabiner, O’Riordan, Holicek (Demetriou, 90+3), Powell (Adebisi, 59), Billington (Long, 59)
- Subs: Booth, Lunt, Demetriou, Long, Thomas, Griffiths, Nevitt, Adebisi, Woodcock
2’ How Sunderland have started
Sunderland have started with a back four of Johnson, Batth, Triantis and Huggins.
Neil and Rigg are in midfield, with Taylor on the right and Ba on the left.
Pritchard is operating just behind Bennette up front.
4’ Bright start
Sunderland have just won the first corner of the game after Taylor cut in from the right, before his shot was deflected over the bar for a corner.
Triantis then met Pritchard’s corner and there were appeals for handball against the Crewe defender. Nothing given.
7’ Sunderland in possession
Sunderland have controlled possession so far with Crewe sitting deep in a 5-3-2 formation.
11’ Miskick from Bishop
Crewe have just had their first corner of the match after Triantis knocked the ball back to Bishop and the Sunderland keeper skewed his clearance, sending the ball behind for a corner.
From the following set-piece the ball dropped to Baker-Richardson who sent a low shot wide.
14’ Powell booked
Powell is shown the first yellow card of the match after bringing down Johnson on Sunderland’s right.
Pritchard’s free-kick then dropped to Rigg on the edge of the box whose effort was deflected wide.
17’ Crewe hit the post!
Now Batth has been booked for a foul on Tracey on the edge of Sunderland’s box.
Powell took the subsequent free-kick and curled his low shot against the post.
20’ Taylor wins a corner
Taylor did well to win a corner there when there were three Crewe players around him on the right.
Sunderland played the corner short before the move fizzled out.
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