Sunderland VS Rotherham – Match Report
A Jobe Bellingham brace brought Sunderland back from behind, as they beat Rotherham to secure their first 3 points of the season.
The Black Cats were sluggish in the first quarter of the game, and Rotherham took the lead through Hakeem Odoffin after 20 minutes.
Sunderland reacted brilliantly, and within 2 minutes, they equalised with a header by Jobe Bellingham, for his first professional goal!
Jack Clarke played in a wonderful cross towards Dan Neil, who headed back across goal towards Jobe and he nodded the ball in from close range.
Just before half-time, Sunderland almost took the lead as they managed to counter following a Rotherham attack and Jack Clarke came close to scoring a brilliant goal, but his curling shot just missed the target.
In the second-half, The Black Cats were on top from the off, and it only took 7 minutes for Jobe to get his second of the game with a brilliant, composed finish passed Viktor Johansson.
Moments later, Jobe was close to completing his hat-trick, after his shot was blocked from close range.
Sunderland have climbed up to 16th in the league following the victory, in 3 points, and Rotherham have dropped to 23rd with just 1 point after 3 games.
MoTM – Jobe Bellingham
