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
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89’ Off the bar!
It was offside, though.
A neat move saw Dajaku try to chip the keeper but his effort hit the bar.
