Sunderland 1 Huddersfield 2: Joe Nicholson reacts after home defeat

Sunderland 1 Huddersfield 2: Joe Nicholson reacts after home defeat for Tony Mowbray's side at the Stadium of Light

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00:00 Outside the stadium of Lightweight, Sunderland have been beaten 2-1 by Huddersfield Town.

00:06 Now back-to-back defeats for Tony Mowbray's side following that game against Plymouth at the weekend.

00:12 And it was Sunderland far from at their best tonight.

00:15 Really disappointing performance and results for the Blackcats, even though they dominated possession,

00:20 as we probably expected, than playing at home against a side near the bottom of the table.

00:25 So a lot of the ball, but even in that first half, the passing was quite sloppy, too many balls going astray.

00:30 And Huddersfield were creating the best chances on the counter-attack,

00:33 actually a couple of good saves from Anthony Patterson, particularly in that first half.

00:37 And the visitors always looked like they were going to pose a threat from set pieces.

00:40 So, Thomas was delivering some good balls into the Sunderland box.

00:44 And that's how Huddersfield took the lead just before the half-hour mark.

00:47 It was from a corner. Huddersfield won the first header and then defender Michael Healick made it 1-0.

00:53 Sunderland managed to get back on level terms.

00:55 Luke Hine scoring five minutes before half-time.

00:58 And Sy quite brightly in the second half, creating some chances.

01:01 There was one for Joe Bellingham when he went through on goal, but the shot was saved from the goalkeeper.

01:06 But then Sunderland fell behind in the 67th minute.

01:10 De Lago burgs on the Huddersfield striker.

01:12 The ball dropped to him after a shot was blocked and he made it 2-1.

01:16 And even when substitutes came on for Sunderland in that second half, Alex Pritchard, Bradley Dac, Abdullah Bab,

01:21 didn't really make an impact.

01:23 Elias Meyendah was playing up front for Sunderland today, with Adela Sheesh in the side as well.

01:28 Both of them making their first starts for Sunderland and had flashes,

01:31 but Sunderland just really struggled to break Huddersfield down for large spells.

01:35 It was a well-organised Huddersfield side.

01:37 Very compact with five at the back, three central defenders.

01:41 And they managed to keep Sunderland at arm's length.

01:43 And it was a frustrating night for Tony Mowbray's side.

01:46 They'll go again on Saturday when they'll travel to Millwall in the Championship.