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
46’ Stewart pulled down again
Stewart is down in the box again after tangling with O’Riordan.
It came after Clarke’s cross from the left.
42’ Close for comfort
Crewe defender O’Riordan is defending aggressively in the box.
Stewart went down in the box after a tussle with the centre-back there but nothing was given by the referee.
36’ Struggling to make it stick
Sunderland are struggling to play the ball through midfield and, as a result, are traying to clip the ball forward to Stewart and Defoe at times.
They haven’t quite been able to hold the ball up effectively enough so far.