Graeme Murty reveals Sunderland were able to accelerate Niall Huggins' injury return plan after the 21-year-old came through a training session unscathed earlier this week. The former Leeds United full-back picked up a back injury just a month into his Wearside tenure and suffered a number of setbacks on his comeback.
He played 45 minutes for Sunderland as the Black Cats slipped to a 3-1 defeat in the Premier League Cup opener at Eppleton. "Well we didn't know whether he was going to be involved or not," said Murty. "They played an 11 vs 11 for the first team when they were setting up in shape in preparation for the weekend, he came through really well so the first team said we can accelerate him and stick him in.
"I thought there were some really good bits and it's great to see him back. He was full of beans and desperate to be involved so I'm really happy for him to come through unscathed and I thought he showed bits of why he's a first team players."
