Sunderland 2 Ipswich Town 0: Story of the day after late Luke O'Nien and Aiden McGeady goals
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The Black Cats didn’t see much of the ball, particularly in the second half, but took the lead five minutes from time when Luke O’Nien headed home Alex Pritchard’s in-swinging corner.
Sunderland added a second goal in stoppage-time when they were awarded a penalty and Aiden McGeady converted from the spot.
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Hide AdThe result moves the Black Cats back into the play-off places, with games in hand on the sides above them, after a run of three consecutive league defeats.
Here’s how the game played out:
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RECAP: Sunderland 2 (O’Nien, 85) (McGeady, 90+2) Ipswich Town 0
Key Events
- Sunderland XI: Hoffmann, Winchester, Wright, Doyle, Neil, Evans (Pritchard, 76), O’Nien, Embleton (McGeady, 62), Gooch, Broadhead (Dajaku, 80), Stewart
- Subs: Patterson, Flanagan, Alves, Dajaku, O’Brien, McGeady, O’Brien
- Ipswich XI: Walton, Donacien, Nsiala, Edmundson, Clements, Morsy, Evans, Edwards (Chaplin, 69), Celina (Fraser, 69), Aluko, Bonne (Pigott, 80)
- Subs: Hladky, Burgess, Vincent-Young, Mizouni, Fraser, Chaplin, Pigott
Johnson on preparations for Ipswich
Here’s what the Black Cats boss had to say in yesterday’s press conference.
“It’s been intense.
“Obviously the situation demanded that. I don’t like the feeling of not winning matches, so I will work sometimes too hard to find the solutions.
“The reality has been all of it. The communication has been consistent all the way through from myself and the board, for example, because obviously that’s an ever-evolving situation moving towards January.
“Everybody had questions and rightly so, but we had those open and honest conversations. Then it becomes about support, what are we going to do to help those individuals to get them back to being the best versions of themselves, on all levels.”
Let’s start with the team news - and it appears to be positive.
Johnson says the break has given some of his players a chance to recuperate - including Aiden McGeady and Ross Stewart who were playing with minor injuries.
Nathan Broadhead also returned from a hamstring issue before the international break.
Goalkeeper Lee Burge has picked up a minor injury, so Sunderland have recalled Anthony Patterson from his loan spell at Notts County.
It’s Matchday!
Welcome to today’s live blog on what feels like a big day for Sunderland and Lee Johnson.
The Black Cats need to bounce back following three successive league defeats and are set to be backed by a big crowd at the Stadium of Light.
We’ll have all the build-up, action, analysis, reaction and more throughout the day.