Tony Mowbray admits he was a frustrated man at half-time - telling his players they let Wigan Athletic off the hook in the first period at the DW Stadium. The sides came in all-square at the break, with Ellis Simms' opener having been cancelled out by Will Keane just before the interval when Sunderland should have been a couple of goals to the good.
But in the second half Sunderland took control, with sub Ross Stewart converting a penalty before fellow sub Patrick Roberts added a third goal five minutes from the end, and then Amad made it 4-1 in the final minute. "I was really frustrated at half-time and I told them we should be coming in winning this game three or four-one, and that they'd let them [Wigan] off the hook really," said Mowbray.
"I felt they were wary of us and they didn't over-commit too many men to the press, they didn't play with the energy that I saw them play with against Middlesbrough the other day when they had 17 shots at Boro's goal. It felt a bit as though they were on the back foot against us right from the start.
