Sunderland 1 Gillingham 0: Story of the day after late Nathan Broadhead winner sends Alex Neil's side into the play-off places
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Nathan Broadhead came off the bench to head home a stoppage-time winner when he converted Elliot Embleton’s cross.
The result moved the Black Cats upto sixth in the League One table with six games remaining.
Here’s how the game played out:
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RECAP: Sunderland 1 (Broadhead, 90+5) Gillingham 0
Key Events
- Sunderland XI: Patterson, Winchester (Gooch, 69), Batth, Wright, Cirkin, Evans, O’Nien (Embleton, 69) , Clarke, Pritchard (Broadhead, 69), Roberts, Stewart
- Subs: Hoffmann, Xhemajli, Neil, Matete, Embleton, Gooch, Broadhead
- Gillingham XI: Chapman, Jackson, Ehmer, Masterson, Tucker, Tutonda, Lee, Chambers (Reeves, 73), Thompson, Oliver, Kelman (Akehurst, 89)
- Subs: Dahlberg, Maghoma, Akehurst, Reeves, Dickson-Peters
GOAAAAAAALLLLLL!!!! BROADHEAD!!!!
THAT COULD BE HUGE!
Embleton’s cross from the right is headed back across goal by Broadhead and past Chapman in the Gillingham goal.
1-0!!!
90+2’ Chance for Stewart
That could be the last big chance for Sunderland after good work from Gooch on the right.
His low cross found Stewart but the shot from close range was blocked.
86’ Cirkin cross blocked
Sunderland are getting the ball wide and trying to send crosses into the box but Gillingham’s packed defence is withstanding the pressure.
Cirkin’s delivery from the left was blocked there.