Sunderland must put their Middlesbrough defeat behind them as they prepare for their midweek trip to Reading, insists Tony Mowbray. The Black Cats lost a tight game 1-0 at the Riverside Stadium on Monday night, with new head coach Mowbray losing against his former club in what was his second game in charge of Sunderland.
Mowbray's gameplan was thrown into disarray minutes before kick-off when top scorer Ross Stewart limped out of the warm-up with a thigh injury, an injury which is expected to sideline him for between six and eight weeks, and he had to make a last-minute change with Patrick Roberts promoted to the starting XI in Stewart's place. Sunderland were due to face Millwall tomorrow at the Stadium of Light, but that game was postponed - along with the entire weekend Premier League and EFL schedules - in the wake of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II yesterday afternoon.
And that means their first opportunity to return to action will come at the Madejski Stadium on Wednesday night. "Because of the nature of this league, you have to be ready to bounce back," said Mowbray.
