PLAYER RATINGS: BOURNEMOUTH

Sunderland came back from two goals down to beat Bournemouth 3-2 at the Stadium of Light, ensuring we wouldn’t go the entirety of November without a victory and securing our first home win against the Cherries since 1989. Two goals in the first fifteen minutes looked to have sunk us but an Enzo Le Fee penalty before the break gave us some hope. This was followed up by a first Sunderland goal from Bertrand Traore to equalise seconds after the break and then super substitute Brian Brobbey won the affair with around 20 minutes left on the clock.

ROBIN ROEFS: 8.5/10

Not at fault for either goal in my view and made four saves, plus had good distribution and command of his box. Standard Robin Roefs’ performance we’ve come to expect at this point.

NORDI MUKIELE: 7/10

Had a really good game and was rarely bested at any point. Unfortunately, he did cause their first goal by slipping over, so I’ve knocked his score down a bit.

DAN BALLARD: 7.5/10

Nothing glaringly bad from him, despite the two goals conceded. He did especially well in the air and looked solid throughout.

OMAR ALDERETE: 7.5/10

He also did well in the air and rarely put a foot wrong, we’re a much better side with him in the team.

REINILDO: 8.5/10

Really good work ethic from him and he won the penalty that got us back into the affair.

GRANIT XHAKA: 8.5/10

He assisted the equaliser and was generally solid. My main criticism of him is that he seemed to always take a second too long to decide what to do with the ball.

NOAH SADIKI: 7.5/10

Sadiki worked his socks off, as usual, and ended up going down and receiving treatment after the full time whistle. Hopefully, that’s nothing too serious. The ball didn’t seem to fall to him very often though.

BERTRAND TRAORE: 8/10

Quite an odd game from him. Obviously, fantastic to see him get off the mark with a good strike but he wasn’t strong enough at other times. Still, a good performance overall.

ENZO LE FEE: 9.5/10

There were one or two moments when he made the wrong choice or didn’t execute something perfectly but I can’t complain about the performance at all. He did well with the penalty, giving the goalkeeper no chance, and he assisted the winner from a corner.

CHEMSDINE TALBI: 6/10

He wasn’t given a chance to shine today, with us concentrating most of our play down the opposite wing. However, he did cause their second goal with a misplaced pass and had one or two sloppy moments when he did get the ball at his feet.

WILSON ISIDOR: 6.5/10

Had one good chance but there was a bit of a dearth of service. At the same time, he could have worked for it a bit more at times.

SUBS:

TRAI HUME: 8/10

Put in some good tackles to relieve pressure late on and was eager to get forward. Sometimes, he was attempting to play it forward when perhaps the smarter thing to have done would have been to play it behind him.

BRIAN BROBBEY: 8.5/10

He’s got to start the next game I think, he’s now scored twice from the bench and has been stronger at winning the ball. He did get unlucky today, the ball always seemed to fall away from him, aside from when it mattered of course!

ROMAINE MUNDLE: 8/10

The runs he made contributed massively to us winning by drawing attention away from our box. Also got unlucky once or twice when the ball just seemed allergic to him.

LUTSHAREL GEERTRUIDA: N/A

Came on late on to make sure we held on and he did well.