All the latest as Alex Neil's Black Cats continue their pre-season preparations with a game against Jack Ross' side.
Sunderland still doing all the pressing. Best chance of the game so far Dajaku plays the ball to Neil inside the box on the left, he turns his man inside and out, then chips the ball up for Stewart in the middle but he steers his header just wide of the left-hand post Should have done better Pritchard's precision cross from the left, Neil steps in front of his man and tries to guide his header into the far corner of the net but the keeper gets across to push it away. Mulgrew, just inside his own half, plays the ball back towards his own goal without looking and his keeper is way outside the box and can only chase it in vain as it rolls into the empty net in front of the Sunderland fans
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Former Celtic winger Patrick Roberts was also a pest to Dundee United, who will discover their Europa Conference League third qualifying round opponents when the draw is made on Monday. The patrons at Tannadice are unlikely to see such a bizarre goal for some time. Some 40 yards out on the right-hand side, the defender turned and fired the ball back to the Finn without looking.
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The goalkeeper wasn’t able to gather it and Stewart almost managed to play the ball over to Dajaku for a tap-in but couldn’t quite find his team-mate. The Sunderland keeper has had more to do in this second half and had to be strong to tip Meekison’s shot over the bar for a corner there. The hosts are starting to cause more problems and went close again after substitute Glass made a run down the left of the box and sent a low cross into the box.
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Had a half chance to score, but headed just over. Came really close to scoring a couple of times, once when played in by Roberts, but could only shoot straight at the goalkeeper, before forcing a good save with a header from Pritchard’s cross. Let his man get by him too easily a couple of times but made an important clearance right at the end when the home side had half a chance.
A bizarre Charlie Mulgrew own goal and a Trai Hume header saw Sunderland claim a 2-0 victory over Dundee United at Tannadice.
How did the players score in their performance at Tannadice Park? SUNDERLAND XI. 6 Patterson – A few shaky moments were outweighed by some good saves to deny ...
6 Stewart – A quiet afternoon by his standards and was denied well by Eriksson from a good chance. 8 Neil – A top technical performance from Neil who eased Sunderland through the gears and got forward at the right time. 7 Hume – Got up and down the right hand side well and did well to latch onto the punch and head home.
This pre-season friendly clash certainly didn't fall under the boring tag as Mulgrew scored past his own keeper from 45 yards.
Some put blame on Eriksson being so far off his line while others piled on Mulgrew for a lack of awareness. Fans took to social media to express their disbelief at the former Celtic star's error. This lead to Carljohan Eriksson being unable to recover as the ball rolled into the net.
Summer signing Craig Sibbald started for the Tangerines, as did 16-year-old striker Rory MacLeod. United travel to face Fleetwood Town next Saturday. Skip ...
Dundee United lost 2-0 at home to Sunderland in Saturday's pre-season friendly. Dundee United beaten at home by Sunderland Full-Time— Dundee United FC (@dundeeunitedfc)
Jack Ross' side fell to a 2-0 loss against the English Championship side.
The former Celtic man couldn't believe it as he looked to rally his teammates after the astonishing error. It was a disappointing afternoon in general for Jack Ross' side as they fell to a 2-0 defeat against the English Championship side at Tannadice. Dylan Levitt and Steven Fletcher both missed out for the Terrors but Craig Sibbald made his debut. From the cinch Premiership and League 2, to the Champions League and the Europa Conference League, we have every blade of grass covered.
Dundee United 0-2 Sunderland 3pm, Saturday 16th July Tannadice Park United beaten in tough test at Tannadice. Sunderland ran out 2-0 winner.
His cutback looked sure to find MacLeod inside the six-yard box but was cleared well for a corner. Meekison almost found the net with an audacious effort following a United corner. However, the ball never broke kindly for a tangerine shirt to win the follow up. After 62 minutes the away side had their second of the match. Our number 13 then showed quick reactions to gather the ball at Stewart’s feet before he could follow up on the rebound. Tony Watt done well on numerous occasions to put the Sunderland Goalkeeper Patterson in some difficult situations.
Dundee United boss Jack Ross felt his young side competed well against Sunderland despite their 2-0 defeat at Tannadice Park.
“It’s a progression for us but it’s clear as a squad we are very, very young at the moment and that depth in quality needs to come.” “I thought in the first half we defended really well and our defensive shape restricted them, but we didn’t look after the ball particularly well. “For us I felt we were much better than we were in midweek over in Spain against Port Vale, I was a bit critical after that.