Not really a great deal he could do about any of the goals and though the opener came from his pass the delivery itself wasn’t bad. 5 | Photo by Ian Horrocks.

placeholder image — Not really a great deal he could do about any of the goals and though the opener came from his pass the delivery itself wasn’t bad. 5 | Photo by Ian Horrocks.

Phil Smith's Sunderland player ratings: How all 20 players fared in heavy Hearts defeat

By Phil Smith

Sunderland AFC Writer

Published 26th Jul 2025, 16:59 GMT

Updated 26th Jul 2025, 17:11 GMT

Sunderland fell to a heavy defeat in Craig Gordon’s testimonial game

Sunderland were beaten 3-0 by Hearts in their latest pre-season friendly at Tynecastle on Saturday afternoon.

Here’s how we rated all of the Black Cats players...

17. Sub - Milan Aleksic

Brought a real injection of energy to Sunderland’s play. Had one good low cross that someone should have been there to convert, and made some good runs. Bright spot on a poor day. 6 | Sunderland's Milan Aleksic - Photo by Ben Cuthbertson

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18. Sub - Alan Browne

Didn’t see much of the ball in his cameo late on. N/A | Getty Images

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19. Sub - Patrick Roberts

Some nice link up play at times. Surely deserves a start and a chance to impress soon. 6 | Getty Images

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20. Sub - Ahmed Abdullahi

Showed good energy and almost played a nice pass for Aleksic, but didn’t quite reach him. N/A | Chris Fryatt

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Phil Smith's Sunderland player ratings: How all 20 players fared in heavy Hearts defeat

Sunderland fell to a heavy defeat in Craig Gordon’s testimonial game

17. Sub - Milan Aleksic

18. Sub - Alan Browne

19. Sub - Patrick Roberts

20. Sub - Ahmed Abdullahi

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