Sorry Sunderland relegated again

Paddy McNair continued his recent purple patch in front of goal as he drove home low from the edge of the boxl to put the visitors ahead before former Sunderland man Darren Bent equalised, setting the stage beautifully for Liam Boyce's stoppage-time winner.

There was one further twist left in the game as McNair thought he had equalised in the dying seconds, but it was disallowed for a push as the 'Black Cats' suffered their second successive relegation.

Chris Coleman's side are six points from safety with two games to go but with Bolton facing Burton next week it is mathematically impossible for them to survive.

In dropping down to the third tier, where they have only spent one year of their history, the club become the 13th side to suffer back-to-back relegations from the top flight to the third division.

Attention now turns to bouncing back, but with a huge wage bill and the club hemorrhaging money at an alarming rate they must first balance the books, with the likes of Jack Rodwell, Lee Cattermole and Lamine Kone thought to be amongst their top earners on Premier League salaries.

 

April 21, 2018