Goals:
0-1: Pinnock (47, allowed by Matthews to coast in at the back post to nod in Fryers’ corner)
Bookings: Potts (12, foul); Lindsay (50, foul); Love (61, foul); Davies (67, foul); Bradshaw (80, foul)
Sending-off: None
Referee: Robert Jones (Merseyside) – nothing to over-complicate a straight forward afternoon for the official. 7
Attendance: 28,311
Entertainment: **
Sund Barns
Shots on 2 3
Shots off 8 12
Corners 4 7
Fouls 10 12
Offsides 2 3
SUNDERLAND (3-4-2-1):
6 Ruiter: Made an important save in the first half and did what was expected of him when he needed to;
6 Browning: Solid enough without hitting the standards he has in previous games
6 O’Shea: Did his job well enough at the back but frustrated with the defending for the goal
4 Matthews: Asked to play out of position in the first half and had done enough until allowing Pinnock to head in the opener;
4 Love: Got forward and found width plenty but wasted decent positions with poor deliveries
6 Honeyman: Ran around plenty without really affecting things in the middle
7 GIBSON: Enjoyed a fine opening half hour because his passing was on point and says it all that he was still the best player on the pitch
5 Oviedo: Had a couple of efforts on goal, including a free-kick that hit the post, before his half-time withdrawal;
6 McManaman: One of his better halves in a Sunderland shirt and tried to make things happen before withdrawal
6 McGeady: Had a similar sort of impact to McManaman, plenty of probing but faded;
6 Vaughan: Isolated far too much but couldn’t be accused of not working hard enough.
Subs:
McNair (for Gibson 34): Unable to have the sort of impact Gibson did. 5
Maja (for Oviedo 46): One late header dropped over the bar. 5
Asoro (for McManaman 61): A couple of runs but not the impact required. 5
(not used): Steele (gk), Jones, Embleton, Beadling.
BARNSLEY (4-3-3): Davies 7; Cavare 7, Pinnock 7, Lindsay 6, Fryers 6; Gardner 5 (Moncur 73), Williams 6, Potts 7; ISGROVE 8, Thiam 6 (Bradshaw 73), Hammill 7 (McCarthy 90). Subs (not used): Townsend, Ugbo, Mallan, McGeehan.
MAN OF THE MATCH: Lloyd Isgrove – regularly made things happen for the Tykes on another afternoon Wearside will want to forget.
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