Sunderland were knocked out of the FA Cup after losing a thrilling cup tie 3-2 to Fulham at the SOL on Wednesday evening.
The lads started slowly and were fortunate to be only one goal behind at the break after Harry Wilson opened the scoring. However, Tony Mowbray’s side improved in the second half only to concede a second against the run of play through Andreas Pereira before Jack Clarke pulled a goal back ten minutes from time. Fulham looked to have sealed the game five minutes later through Layvin Kurzawa only for Jewison Bennette to set up a frantic finish with a goal in injury time, but the lads couldn’t muster an equaliser.
Tony Mowbray made one change from the side that drew with Millwall at the weekend with the cup-tied Joe Gelhardt replaced by Abdoullah Ba. Meanwhile the visitors made nine changes from the side that ground out a goalless draw against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Friday night whilst manager Marco Silva served a one match touchline ban.
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