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Joe Nicholson reacts after Sunderland's 2-1 defeat against Stoke City
Sunderland Echo
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21/10/2023
Joe Nicholson reacts after Sunderland's 2-1 defeat against Stoke City at the bet365 Stadium.
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Outside the Bet365 stadium where Sunderland have been beaten 2-1 by Stoke City.
00:07
A really disappointing day for the Black Cats against their former manager Alex Neil.
00:12
It was a slow start from Sunderland today and a few players have been away on international duty
00:18
and a few players have come back into the starting eleven following injuries.
00:21
Alex Pritchard and Pierre Equa were recalled who were both out before the international break
00:26
and maybe that kind of disjointed preparation kind of told in the first half.
00:30
Sunderland gave the ball away too often, they were allowing too many crosses to come into their box
00:35
and they fell behind inside seven minutes when Stoke forward Ryan Meehan managed to open the scoring.
00:41
There were some strong appeals for handball and it looked like the ball did hit the Stoke striker on the arm
00:47
so that probably should have been chalked off but the goal stood and Sunderland did actually react quite well to that.
00:52
Equalised within three minutes when Joe Bellingham's shot was saved and then Jack Clark was there
00:57
to convert his eighth goal of the season but Sunderland didn't kick on from there.
01:00
Again in that first half they were giving the ball away too often and allowed Stoke to see more of the ball
01:06
and to cause problems, put the ball into Sunderland's box but it was one all at half time.
01:12
Sunderland actually had a very good chance to take the lead before half time when the ball was presented to
01:16
Abdullah Barber, he failed to hit the target from inside the area but a really soft goal that Sunderland
01:21
conceded right after the interval when Luke McNally, the Stoke defender, was allowed a free header to make it 2-1 shortly
01:29
after half time. Sunderland did manage to get a bit more control of the game after that but obviously they were
01:34
chasing the game, creating a few chances. Clark was the most dangerous player on the left hand side for Sunderland,
01:40
had a few efforts when he was cutting inside but didn't really test the Stoke goalkeeper enough.
01:45
He had one save to make from Clark from distance. Sunderland brought on a couple of subs as well,
01:49
Adil Oshish, Mason Berstow came on, Nazir Hussain and they gave Sunderland a bit more attacking intent.
01:56
It was too little, too late and a disappointing loss for the Blackhats. They did have a late penalty appeal at the end
02:02
when Clark was brought down in the box in stoppage time. It looked like it was a strong appeal for a spot kick
02:07
but nothing was given by the referee and Sunderland were not too happy with a few of his decisions again today.
02:13
But a disappointing defeat and day for Tony Mowbray's side. They'll have to go again pretty soon.
02:19
They are away against Leicester City on Tuesday.
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