Sunderland 3 Norwich City 1: Highlights after Jack Clarke penalty plus Dan Neil and Trai Hume goals
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Sunderland got back to winning ways with a 3-1 win over Norwich City at the Stadium of Light.
The Black Cats fell a goal down in the 23rd minute when Hwang Ui-jo opened the scoring despite appeals for offside in the build-up. Sunderland reacted well, though, and took the lead before half-time after goals from Trai Hume and Dan Neil.
Jack Clarke then secured the win when he was fouled by Kenny McLean in the Norwich box, before converting the subsequent penalty.
Here’s how the game played out:
RECAP: Sunderland 3 (Hume, 37) (Neil, 45) (Clarke, 80, pen) Norwich 1 (Ui-jo, 23)
Key Events
- Sunderland XI: Patterson, Hume, Ballard, O’Nien, Huggins (Cirkin, 77), Neil, Ekwah (Rigg, 77), Roberts (Ba, 70), Bellingham (Pritchard, 70), Clarke, Rusyn (Hemir, 70)
- Subs: Bishop, Seelt, Cirkin, Rigg, Dack, Burstow, Pritchard, Ba, Hemir
- Norwich XI: Long, Fisher (Stacey, 73) , Duffy, Gibson (Idah, 73), Giannoulis, Sara, McLean, Rowe (Hernandez, 61), Forshaw (Nunez, 45), Fassnacht (Sainz,61), Ui-Jo
- Sub: Ansen, Stacey, Batth, Sainz, Gibbs, Placheta, Nunez, Hernandez, Idah
Mowbray on Norwich
Here’s what Sunderland boss Tony Mowbray had to say about today’s opponents.
“It’s an opportunity for us to play well and try and win the game. I think we’ve done that so often this season and you don’t always get what you deserve from football matches.
“Norwich are a team with a lot of experienced players if you think about (Shane) Duffy, (Ben) Gibson, and (Kenny) McLean. They have international players and they have been competing in the Premier League in recent years.
“They also have a coach who has been promoted out of this league before, so it’s a tough game for us.
“Norwich was the game before I came in last year. They won 1-0. We are expecting a really tough game.”
Team news
We’ll start with the Sunderland team news.
Adil Aouchiche missed Tuesday’s match at Leicester with a groin injury and is set to be sidelined for the next week or two. Bradley Dack was also absent from the squad on Tuesday as he recovers from a hamstring issue and is a doubt for today’s match.
Eliezer Mayenda featured for Sunderland’s under-21s side in a behind-closed-doors friendly against Hibernian on Monday but wasn’t involved for the under-21s side against Tottenham last night. Mowbray did suggest the teenager could be named on the bench today but said he isn’t ready to start for the first team.
Mowbray also said earlier this week that Aji Alese is still ‘two or three’ weeks away following another minor setback, while Timothee Pembele, Jay Matete and Corry Evans are longer-term injury absentees.
It’s Matchday!
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Sunderland’s Championship match against Norwich City at the Stadium of Light.
Tony Mowbray’s side will be hoping to bounce back after three consecutive defeats, despite an encouraging performance against league leaders Leicester on Tuesday.
We’ll have all of the build-up ahead of today’s match, as well as in-game analysis and post-match reaction.
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