Bristol City boss Nigel Pearson praised Sunderland after the sides fought out a 1-1 draw at the Stadium of Light - saving his ire for referee Gavin Ward. The Black Cats took the lead on the hour through Jack Clarke, before an injury-time penalty allowed Nakhi Wells to equalise and extend the visitors' unbeaten run to eight league games and 11 in all competitions.
And for Sunderland, the draw meant they ended the weekend as they began in fifth place, as they stretched their own unbeaten run to five league games. Pearson was complementary about Tony Mowbray's side, saying: "They're a good team, very good.
"Tony has his principles that he sticks to and they play an attractive brand of football. We play our own way, we're probably a bit more of a counter-attacking side but we did feel that if we had some spells of possession we could make it more difficult for them, and it turned out to be the case in the second half.
