Tony Mowbray insists he must 'find a way' to keep Sunderland scoring during Ross Stewart's absence - whether that means changing personnel, system, or both. The Black Cats expect to be without their top scorer for between six and eight weeks after he suffered a torn thigh muscle in the warm-up ahead of Monday's defeat at Middlesbrough, which meant he had to pull out of the game at short notice.
Stewart's 26 goals powered Sunderland's promotion from League One last season, and he had started the current campaign in excellent form having scored five times in seven outings. The Scot scored twice in Mowbray's first game in charge against Rotherham United last week, but now the new head coach will have to find a way to cope without him.
"We had a little bit of this at Blackburn last year with Ben Brereton Diaz," said the former Ewood Park boss. "He scored 21 goals before Christmas, then he missed 12 [games] and we couldn't win a game without his goals.
