Story of the day as Sunderland draw at Fleetwood after Bailey Wright shirt pull and Gerard Garner penalty

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Ross Stewart headed the Black Cats ahead in the first half before Aiden McGeady doubled the visitors’ lead in the 76th minute.

Yet when Callum Morton pulled one back nine minutes from time, the Black Cats were left hanging onto their slender advantage.

Johnson was frustrated with referee Neil Hair for awarding the late penalty when Bailey Wright was penalised, before which Gerard Garner converted from the spot.

Here’s how the game played out.

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RECAP: Fleetwood 2 (Morton, 81) (Garner, 90, pen) Sunderland 2 (Stewart, 19) (McGeady, 76, pen)

Key Events

Sunderland starting XI: Hoffmann, Winchester, Wright, Doyle, Cirkin, O’Nien, Neil (Evans, 67), Gooch, McGeady (Alves, 90), Embleton, Stewart.
Subs: Burge, Huggins, Evans, Alves, Dajaku, Pritchard, Broadhead
Fleetwood starting XI: Cairns; Hill, Clarke, Andrew, C. Johnson, Rossiter, Biggins (Lane, 76), Camps, Clark (J. Garner, 45), G. Garner, Morton.,
Subs: Crellin, Matette, Baggley, Lane, Conn-Clarke, Edmondson, J.Garner

Sat, 18 Sep, 2021, 16:37 BST

76’ Another change for Fleetwood

Sat, 18 Sep, 2021, 16:34 BSTUpdated 16:37 BST

76’ MCGEADY SCORES!!!

McGeady converts from the spot!

Cairns got a hand to it after diving low to his right but could only parry the ball into the roof of the net.

Sat, 18 Sep, 2021, 16:33 BST

75’ Penalty to Sunderland!

Biggins pulls O’Nien down from the corner.

Penalty to Sunderland.

Sat, 18 Sep, 2021, 16:32 BST

74’ Fine save from Cairns

That could have made things more comfortable.

Broadhead’s pass out to Gooch on the right was followed by a shot which was saved by Cairns.

Sat, 18 Sep, 2021, 16:30 BST

66’ That was close

The Fleetwood fans thought they had equalised but the ball hit the side-netting.

The move came as Camps released Morton on the left and the forward got away from Winchester.

Winchester managed to recover and get a foot on the ball to force a corner though.

Sat, 18 Sep, 2021, 16:21 BST

62’ Game opening up

The match has become a bit more open in the last few minutes.

Another foray forward from Winchester saw the right-back send a low cross into the box before Clarke’s clearance dropped to Embleton whose shot was blocked.

Sunderland are also starting to drop a little deeper out of possession.

Sat, 18 Sep, 2021, 16:16 BST