Sunderland climbed into the top ten as they beat Millwall at the Stadium of Light to pick up where they left off before the World Cup break. Second-half goals from Amad and Alex Pritchard before the hour put the Black Cats in a commanding position, with Ellis Simms putting the icing on the cake in injury-time.
Sunderland were below-par in the first period but improved markedly in the second, and they deserved their win - although the scoreline perhaps flattered them a little. But Tony Mowbray and his players will not be concerned about that, and instead they celebrated completing their first back-to-back wins of the season.
Sunderland had won at Birmingham City going into the break, and they have now resumed their campaign with a home win against the Lions. Victory lifted them to tenth in the table, and they are now just a single point outside the play-off spots as the season nears its halfway point.
