Sunderland 2 Crewe 0 RECAP: Story of the day after Dan Neil and Patrick Roberts goals in valuable win
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After an goalless first half, Black Cats boss Alex Neil made three substitutions shortly after the interval.
One of the changes Dan Neil then broke the deadlock with an excellent strike six minutes from time.
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Hide AdAnother substitute Patrick Roberts then secured the points for Sunderland, scoring his first goal for the club.
Here’s how the game played out:
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RECAP: Sunderland 2 (Neil, 84) (Roberts, 89) Crewe 0
Key Events
- Sunderland XI: Patterson, Winchester, Wright, Cirkin, Gooch, Matete, Evans, Clarke, O’Nien (Neil, 58) , Defoe (Roberts, 64), Stewart
- Subs: Hoffmann, Doyle, Hume, Neil, Dajaku, Roberts, Embleton
- Crewe XI: Richards, Johnson, O’Riordan, Offord, Williams, Harper (Sambou, 74), Lowery, Griffiths, Lundstram, Ainley (Finney, 79), Long
- Subs: Jaaskelainen, Finney, Murphy, Sambou, Lawton, Salisbury, Porter
76’ YELLOW CARD
Now Lowery has been booked for a late tackle on Dajaku after the Sunderland winger charged forward following a Crewe free-kick.
74’ YELLOW CARD
A loose pass from Neil went straight to Long on the halfway line, meaning Wright was forced to bring the striker down and take a yellow card.
Bassala Sambou has also replaced Harper for Crewe.
72’ Better from Matete
That is what Sunderland have needed - a bit of urgency.
Matete skipped past Lundstram and Lowery into the box there, but his shot from a tight angle was saved by Richards.
Roberts has gone into a central position playing just off Stewart.
70’ Patterson saves
Crewe have had some half chances in the last few minutes.
This time another ball forward found Long whose effort from distance was straight at Patterson.
63’ Long down
Crewe striker Long has gone down and is now receiving treatment.
Patrick Roberts is going to come on for Sunderland.
58’ Double change for Sunderland
Neil and Dajaku are on for Gooch and O’Nien.
Looks like the shape will stay the same with Neil replacing O’Nien and Dajaku taking Gooch’s role.
56’ Neil preparing changes
That sums up Sunderland’s day as Cirkin’s pass is miscontrolled by Matete and rolls out of play.
Neil then called to his subs bench. Looks like Neil and Dajaku are coming on.