Sunderland 2 Coventry 2: Black Cats will ‘learn from mistakes
IF only Sunderland’s game with Coventry City could have finished at half-time. Dennis Cirkin and Wilson Isidor’s goals would have been remembered in the sort of manner that they both deserved,
Make no mistake about it, the Black Cats conjured up two of the best goals the Stadium of Light has seen in one game to secure a two-goal cushion that should have seen them strengthen their position at the top of the Championship.
Instead, after a completely different second half, Coventry City found the net twice to leave with a point, just two days after deciding Mark Robins – fresh from a FA Cup semi-final and a play-off final in the last two seasons – was no longer the man to lead them.
Sunderland must learn from this. And for 45 minutes it seemed like head coach Regis Le Bris would be able to celebrate a routine victory that would have been worthy of his side’s goals.
Cirkin said: “The mood isn’t going to be the best after being two up is it. But we have unity in this group, a togetherness where you have the captain speaking, the manager speaking and everyone is talking.
“It is frustrating that we didn’t win but everyone knows we can learn and turn mistakes into positives. I see us as a team to be up there at the end of the season with the quality for this league.
“We have shown that in the first 15 games of the season. It’s a long season and this international break we are heading into now will help us.”
Everything looked rosy after 16 minutes when striker Wilson Isidor’s left foot flicked a fantastic volley over the despairing dive of goalkeeper Brad Collins from Romaine Mundle’s perfectly delivered cross.
