Jack Clarke's fourth goal of the season failed to spare Sunderland defeat at Swansea City. The Black Cats turned in their worst 45 minutes of the season in the first half at the Swansea.com Stadium and went in at the break trailing 2-0.
Ollie Cooper's early deflected strike gave the Swans the lead, and then in injury-time at the end of the half Harry Darling stabbed in from close range at a set-piece. Sunderland improved in the second half and Clarke pulled a goal back soon after the restart, but the Wearsiders could not force an equaliser.
Defeat brought Sunderland's four-game unbeaten run to an end, as they suffered their first defeat since they went down 1-0 at Middlesbrough just over a month ago. And it also saw them slip three places to 11th place in the Championship table.
