Sunderland gave both Niall Huggins and Ellis Taylor 90 minutes of action in a hotly contested Tyne-Wear derby in Premier League 2, Division 2. Both came through the match at St. James' Park unscathed, with the former of the duo continuing his injury rehab.
It's the first 90 minutes the Welsh youth international has played in over a year and Graeme Murty insists he's getting back to his best with every passing week. "If you'd have seen him at Stoke last week you would have thought there was no way there was 90 minutes in him," Murty said. "He did a run after two minutes and blew up basically and he spent the next 45 minutes trying to recover.
"His recovery is getting better which is a good sign, his technicality is coming back and I think he needs a little trust in his body. To trust his body is going to do what he asks it to. That will come with time and I think you're starting to see it."
