The ten minute capitulation of Sunderland midway through the second half, courtesy of a rampant Romelu Lukaku, was tough to watch. It undone what had otherwise been a decent hour of football from Sunderland. In the end, it is another defeat and yet another sluggish start to a Premier League campaign.
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Sunderland's season is up and running at last after picking up their first point away to Southampton today. A late Jermain Defoe penalty had set David Moyes' side on the way to a rare August win, but for the second year running Sunderland failed to see the game out at St Mary's, with Jay Rodriguez benefiting from a cruel mistake from the excellent Jordan Pickford in the Sunderland goal. Now it's your turn to rate the players using our toy below.
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Sunderland lost their first game at the Stadium of Light to Middlesbrough. A spirited second half display was not enough to pave over the lacklustre first meaning Patrick van Aanholt's strike was merely a consolation. Time for you to rate the players!
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With their Premier League status confirmed midweek, this afternoon's season finale at Vicarage Road was to be nothing more than a 90 minute party for the travelling faithful. Despite Allardyce making nine changes to the team that ran out 3-0 winners over Everton on Wednesday, Sunderland twice took the lead, although questionable decisions from referee Kevin Friend ultimately saw the points shared. So now, for one last time this season, it's time for you to rate the players, including the three youngsters making their Sunderland debut's.
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It wasn't a dream. Sam Allardyce really has led Sunderland to Premier League survival, at the expense of them up the road. In the cauldron of noise that was the Stadium of Light last night Sunderland blew away Everton to comfortably win 3-0, with the game, and the relegation battle, over as soon as Patrick van Aanholt's free kick wrong footed Joel Robles. Now, for all those too hungover to make it to work this morning, it's time to rate the players from the performance of the season. I think this might be a close one!
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What a time to pull out a massive performance. Sunderland put themselves within a win of guaranteed survival with two games to go after a fantastic second half perfamance against Chelsea.
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