Wycombe boss Gareth Ainsworth praised the 'fantastic job' Alex Neil has done at Sunderland - and says the Black Cats deserved their play-off final win and promotion to the Championship. Sunderland beat Wycombe 2-0 at Wembley thanks to goals from Elliot Embleton and Ross Stewart to climb out of League One, and dash Ainsworth's hopes of an instant return to the second tier following their relegation 12 months ago.
But Ainsworth said Sunderland were the better team on the day, adding: "I'm gutted for the boys, but we were beaten by the better team today who provided some moments of quality. I'm not going to sit here and say that it was unjust or anything like that.
"Sunderland definitely had the spoils early on, went 1-0 up, but then I thought the game was very close. There wasn't much in the way of chances, and probably we created the best chances of the game and there was a nervy spell for them at the start of the second half.
