Ellis Simms came off the bench to score a dramatic injury-time winner against Blackburn Rovers at the Stadium of Light. The Black Cats had fallen behind in the first half when Ross Stewart scored an unlucky own-goal inside the opening 20 minutes.
But, almost immediately, Stewart made amends as he scored at the right end - winning and converting a penalty kick to notch his seventh goal of the season. Sunderland were the better side throughout against a strangley lacklustre Blackburn side, who had arrived on Wearside sitting third in the table.
And late in the game when Sunderland boss Tony Mowbray gambled against his old club by throwing on a second forward in Simms, the move paid off as the on-loan Everton man prodded home the decisive goal. Mowbray had made four changes to the side that drew at Hull City last weekend.
