Patrick Roberts netted a stunning quick-fire double as Sunderland picked up a big away day win at Reading.
The Celtic favourite - who was loved by the Hoops support during his time in Glasgow - netted two very similar goals in the space of two minutes for the Black Cats. The attacker, as he so often does, cut inside before firing the ball into the far corner.
The two goals were almost carbon copies of each other as Sunderland broke fast and punished Paul Ince's side. Jack Clarke added a third in the second period as the visitors left with all three points and move into sixth spot and into the promotion play-off spots with 14 points from nine games. Reading remain in fourth, one point further ahead after the setback. Speaking after the big away day success, Tony Mowbray said: "I think that we controlled the game tonight with the ball rather than with physicality.
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"The team played well and I spoke this week that people had to step up and we had to score goals from different places.
"Patrick grabbed that nettle and did just that for us. And Jack Clarke as well.
"It was a good display. Despite their unblemished home record this season, we looked at them and believed that, if everyone did the basics well, we could win tonight.
"It's good to score three goals in front of all our (travelling) supporters. It's amazing to see how many people had come down from Sunderland on a Wednesday night.
"But that doesn't really surprise me about this club. It's a massive beast, really, and we just need to keep trying to feed it."
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