'Shocking decision!': Steve Evans slams this key moment in Sunderland's draw with Gillingham
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The Gills twice came from behind to salvage a point at the Stadium of Light having enjoyed long spells of pressure in the game.
But Evans was left furious by the decision to award Sunderland a first-half penalty for a foul on Aiden McGeady – which came after a long spell of pressure from the visitors.
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Hide AdGillingham twice hit the woodwork during the clash and could arguably have taken more from an impressive away performance.
And while disappointed it wasn’t more, Evans was happy to take a point back to Kent.
“We’ll take the point; the performance was the main thing,” he said.
"We were decent; we battled hard.
“We got back into the game, Alex MacDonald’s is a good strike, we hit the underside of the bar and were totally dominant.
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Hide Ad“We had a penalty given against us, it’s a shocking decision. In the second half they had a little spell; for ten minutes they were the better side but didn’t make a chance. We changed the system, Tyreke Johnson puts a brilliant all in; the flick from John Akinde was excellent and it was a fantastic finish from Jordan Graham.
“We played very well in spells; we make the long journey back to Kent with real disappointment that we don’t go back with all three points. The players gave us everything.”