England striker Defoe helped Sunderland break the deadlock in very difficult circumstances, and West Bromwich Albion's backline withstood 75 minutes of attack but could not avoid the fate of the goal. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Sunderland took the lead in the 76th minute when the goal was scored by the team's leading scorer 18 player Collin. Defoe, with his keen nose in front of goal, allowed him to poke the ball into the net before the opposition centre-back McAuley cleared the ball......

After falling behind the score, West Bromwich Albion also only had one way to blow the horn of counterattack, although they knew that Sunderland's ability to counterattack was far stronger than the ability to fight positionally, but in the face of the current situation on the field, they could not sit still and continue to be beaten passively, so they had to fight luck to see if they could equalize the score at the last time, or even overtake.

West Bromwich Albion finally stopped shrinking their defence and they brought on 17-year-old striker Jonathan Albion in the closing stages of the game. Leko, trying to find an equalizer by strengthening the attack. ”

'According to the stats, Sunderland have scored the most goals on the counter-attack this season, with only Liverpool and Southampton more than them......

West Bromwich Albion's players are tall on average, so their attacking routine is simple, and like Sunderland's last opponents, Crystal Palace, they also focus on high-altitude balls, so Nan Xiao also responded by using the last substitution, with Koné coming on to replace the Ivory Coast veteran Colo Toure, who is at a significant disadvantage in height.

"West Bromwich Albion's attack is very strong, the two full-backs continue to play on the two wings to put a lot of pressure on the Sunderland team's penalty area, but Koné and Kirchhoff's central defender combination is still more reassuring for the defense of high-altitude balls, so although the home team has a lot of crosses, but the number of times they can grab the first point is not much, and they do not do a good job in the protection of the second landing point, so it is difficult to form a continuous attacking situation."

The fourth official on the side of the court reminded that there was 4 minutes of injury time in this game, at this time Nan Xiao and Place were standing on the side of the court, but their expressions at the moment were completely different, although Nan Xiao had been watching the situation on the field, but his face looked very relaxed, on the other hand, Pulis could clearly see that his face was full of nervousness, his hands kept waving, signaling the team to play more simply, saving unnecessary passes.

In the second minute of stoppage time, there was an injury situation on the field, and the camera pulled in for the first time, only to see a Sunderland player fall in front of the penalty area, he covered his ankle with a painful expression, and the referee also stopped the game at the first time and rushed to the place of the incident.

"The injured should be No. 15 Jedinak, judging from the position of the pitch......" Yulu is not sure which Sunderland player is injured for the time being.

'The referee signalled for a stretcher, and it appears that the Sunderland player is suffering from a serious injury...... Sunderland's players were all around the injured player and we could see Jedinak standing next to the referee from the footage, so it wasn't him who was injured...... There should be no Rodwell in sight now, yes, it should be the No. 8 player Rodwell who is injured. ”

The game was interrupted by injuries to Sunderland's players, and the West Brom fans who were at the scene were not happy, believing that Sunderland's players were swindling injuries to delay time, so they began to boo en masse.

After a brief treatment by the team doctor, Rodwell was carried to a stretcher, and Rodwell, who was lying on the stretcher, covered his face with his hands, looking very painful; As Nan Xiao had already used up three substitutions, Sunderland could only play with 10 men in the final two minutes.

"West Bromwich Albion have an extra man, but they don't necessarily have much advantage in a situation where there are less than two minutes left and Sunderland is all back......

In the end, West Bromwich Albion didn't get the goal they wanted, so the score remained 1-0 until the end of the game, and after a tough game, the away Sunderland side relied on Defoe's goal to take away the precious three points from the Hawthorn Stadium.

However, although the Sunderland team achieved a valuable victory, they also paid a lot of price, after a careful inspection after the game, Houston determined that the team's main defender Rodwell will be away from the court for a long time due to an ankle fracture, and it is conservatively estimated that it will be at least three months before returning to training with the ball, and it will take longer to return to the game.

After the game against West Bromwich Albion, Sunderland are on the stroke of the Premier League's famous devil's fixture, along with all 19 other teams in the Premier League. Three days later, Sunderland will host the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup against Newcastle United, led by former Liverpool coach Rafael Benitez; Three days later, they will play their third game in a week at home to the Premier League, which is also the final half of the Premier League, against Chelsea, who are currently third in the table.

Meanwhile, the FA Cup kicks off in January, with Sunderland's first opponent being Burnley, who are also in the Premier League.

"Dizi, Newcastle are currently top of the Championship and eight points clear of second place, which is a bit of a ride and there is not a lot of pressure in the league, so Benitez is likely to send a full squad against us, and we have Chelsea at the weekend, so I guess we can choose to give up the Carabao Cup strategically?" In a small meeting of the three of them, Chen Mingshuo expressed his thoughts on the midweek League Cup to Nan Xiao.

"I support Mingshuo, we are finally performing well in the league now, so I also think we should focus all our energy on the league, besides, almost all the strong teams have not been eliminated from the League Cup, even if we can qualify this time, it is very likely to draw strong teams like Manchester United, Manchester City, Arsenal, and Liverpool in the quarterfinals, I feel that there is really no need." Shen Chao sat on the sofa and leaned forward to analyze.

"You're right, our main goal is to enter the Europa League, and with our current strength, it will be very difficult to stick to the three-front battle." Nan Xiao agreed with the two of them.

"That's right to think so, besides, we don't necessarily choose to give up when we send a substitute lineup, we can also use this game to look at the substitutes, Newcastle's strength is not weak, and it can better reflect their true level, and no one said that the substitutes will definitely lose, what if they finally live up to expectations and win against the Magpies?" Shen Chao danced and talked eloquently.

'Then it's decided, send the substitutes to play with Benitez, and then go all out to stop Chelsea at home.' Nan Xiao finally made up his mind under Shen Chao's persuasion and made a decision.