Accrington boss John Coleman admits Sunderland 'battered' his side for long spells - but insists his side deserved their second half comeback and could have scored more goals. The Black Cats threw away a lead to end up losing 2-1 against the League One side at the Crown Ground yesterday, in a game they should have won at a canter after creating a hatful of chances.
But a combination of wasteful finishing and an inspired performance by Accrington's on-loan Burnley goalkeeper Lukas Jensen kept the hosts in the game, and set the stage for an unlikely turnaround. Sunderland should have put the game to bed long before Ross Stewart gave them the lead from the penalty spot on the stroke of half-time, but their narrow one-goal lead was cancelled out when a mistake saw them concede a penalty which was converted by Sean McConville just after the hour, and then sloppy defending allowed sub Korede Adedoyin to force the ball home from close range 15 minutes from time.
Asked what he had learned from the game, Coleman said: "I learned that we can't play like we did between 15mins and 45mins, or we won't have the luck that we had in front of goal. Our goalkeeper has made some unbelievable saves.
