Brian Brobbey’s 90th minute winner left Newcastle stunned as Sunderland claimed victory in the first Tyne-Wear derby at St James’ park in over a decade.
A poorly executed goal-kick routine saw Luke O’Nien gift possession to the Magpies on the edge of his own area, allowing Anthony Gordon to slot home from close range and send the Gallowgate into raptures inside the first 10 minutes.
However, Chemsdine Talbi and Brobbey secured a comeback win as the Black Cats complete the league double over their rivals in a game that was also marred by crowd trouble.
The atmosphere was a hostile one going into kick-off, with Sunderland fans being escorted into the stadium by police in an attempt to avoid crowd trouble.
There was a momentary pause during the second 45 following the use of discriminatory language from the stands aimed at Lutsharel Geertruida, which it has been confirmed will be investigated.
Once the action got going, it was the hosts who started on the front foot. Fresh off his double against Barcelona, Anthony Elanga came close with a header in the opening exchanges before Gordon grabbed the initiative.
A seemingly planned goal-kick routine saw Melker Ellborg play a pass short to O’Nien. But the longest-serving player in the Sunderland squad rushed his clearance, playing it straight to Woltemade. The German’s first touch fell to Gordon, who found space before firing into the bottom corner.
Newcastle retained control from the point onwards, but failed to add a second with Sven Botman’s header that hit the post the closest they came to doubling their advantage.
Eddie Howe’s side would be made to rue their inability to find a two-goal cushion when Talbi found an equaliser out of the blue.
Howe had described Newcastle set-piece defending as ‘unforgivable’ against Barcelona, and it was more of the same as they failed to clear their lines, allowing Talbi to smash home from close range just before the hour mark.
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Talbi puts Sunderland level in the Tyne-Wear derby.
Newcastle thought they had reinstated their lead with a quarter of an hour remaining as Malick Thiaw headed home from their own corner, but play was pulled back as Jacob Murphy was deemed to have impacted Ellborg while stood in an offside position.
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Thiaw’s header is disallowed after Murphy is caught offside during Newcastle’s Premier League match against Sunderland.
As the game wore on, the intensity of Newcastle’s schedule seemed to catch up with them as they tired. Indeed, it was the visitors who would have the last laugh as Brobbey capped off a clinical counter-attack to give Sunderland all three points.
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Brobbey gives Sunderland lead with stoppage time strike against Newcastle in the Premier League.
The result not only means that Sunderland leapfrog Newcastle in the Premier League table, but it sees them set a new record with 11 Premier League Tyne-Wear derbies unbeaten.
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