Tony Mowbray admits Sunderland 'trying everything' to conjure a goal threat after Jack Clarke's positional switch paid dividends at Swansea. With Ross Stewart and Ellis Simms still sidelined through injury, Mowbray is having to find alternative sources of goals.
At Swansea, The Black Cats began with Alex Pritchard and Elliot Embleton playing up front but that duo made no impression in the first half, and the Swans led 2-0 at the break. But in the second half Mowbray moved Clarke from the left flank to a central role and that made an immediate difference, with the 21-year-old scoring soon after the restart to give his side a route back into the match, although they ultimately could not force an equaliser.
"We're trying everything at the moment at the top end of the pitch," said Mowbray. "Clarke has got genuine pace and a little bit more physicality.
