Sunderland 0 Norwich City 1: Highlights after Josh Sargent's goal with Alex Neil set to join Stoke
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With head coach Alex Neil absent, assistant Martin Canning took charge of the team for the Championship fixture at the Stadium of Light.
Sunderland had multiple chances to open the scoring and hit the bar twice after half-time.
Norwich striker Josh Sargent then scored the winner with 14 minutes remaining.
RECAP: Sunderland 0 Norwich City 1 (Sargent, 76)
Key Events
- Sunderland XI: Patterson, O’Nien, Batth, Cirkin, Gooch, Evans (Roberts, 87), Neil, Clarke, Pritchard (Embleton, 76), Simms, Stewart
- Subs: Bass, Wright, Hume, Alese, Embleton, Diamond, Roberts
- Norwich XI: Krul, Aarons, Omobamidele, Hanley, McLean, Gibbs (Byram, 20), Nunez, Dowell (Cantwell, 60) , Hernandez (Pukki, 60), Sinani (Ramsey, 60), Sargent
- Subs: Gunn, Byram, Gibson, Cantwell, Sara, Ramsey, Pukki
45+3’ More chances
How are Sunderland not ahead here?
Neil did well again to press Nunez high up the pitch and win the ball before Stewart’s shot was blocked.
From the following corner the ball dropped to Evans again but his effort was blocked.
45+1’ Clarke cross overhit
More space opened up for Sunderland in the final third there as Pritchard found Clarke on the left but his cross was overhit.
41’ Evans shot blocked
This time Pritchard delivers a low cross from the corner and the ball drops to Evans on the edge of the box.
The midfielder’s shot was powerful and was blocked by Omobamidele in front of the keeper.
40’ Simms and Stewart causing problems
More pressure from Sunderland after Simms’ low ball into the box hit Aarons and allowed Stewart to get a shot off from a tight angle
Krul managed to save it and concede another corner.
37’ Excellent pressing
Sunderland really pressed Norwich into the corner there with Neil, Gooch and Pritchard applying pressure.
Evans then overhit his pass after Sunderland won the ball back.
35’ O’Nien booked
Norwich just threatened to break again there after Clarke gave the ball away.
O’Nien then brought down Sargent near the halfway line and was booked for stopping the counter attack.
32’ Stewart brought down
Ross Stewart didn’t give up the loose ball there after it was played into the left channel.
He managed to get in front of Omobamidele before winning a free-kick on the edge of the box.
Pritchard played the set-piece short for Gooch, whose shot deflected over the bar for another corner.