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James Hunter

Joe Gelhardt on the relief of getting his first Sunderland goal as he looks to make his mark

Joe Gelhardt is relieved to have got off the mark for Sunderland - and hopes there are plenty more goals where that came from. The on-loan Leeds United striker scored for the first time in red and white in the Black Cats' midweek defeat at Rotherham United, ending a four-game wait for a goal.

Gelhardt had been getting closer and closer and had hit the woodwork at QPR last week, and had seen a 'goal' disallowed for offside at Rotherham before the one that counted. "Yeah [it's a big relief]," he said, after getting that first goal.

"I think by now I've had a few good chances in the last few games. I think I could have scored three or four but that's football.

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