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40 min: Gooch has another look from the left, and cuts inside, shoulders hunched, looking for a split second like Ted McMinn. He crosses deep, and nearly finds Honeyman romping in at the far post. But there’s a little too much on the cross. Goal kick. Gooch has been Sunderland’s most promising attacker so far.
39 min: Marshall floats a poor free kick towards a bunch of yellow shirts racing into the area from the right. McLaughlin, Sunderland’s best player so far by some distance, comes off his line to claim confidently.
Written by Scott Murray
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