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
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