Sunderland: Dennis Cirkin was disappointing

Sunderland’s run of five video games with out a defeat within the Championship got here to an finish on Tuesday evening as they had been crushed 2-1 by Rotherham away from house.

The hosts took the lead within the nineteenth minute of the match because the spectacular Ollie Rathbone produced a shocking strike from distance to seek out the underside nook from the sting of the field, leaving Anthony Patterson with little probability of stopping it.

Tony Mowbray’s aspect did not get themselves again into the sport in the beginning of the second half and the Millers punished them with a second aim within the 56th minute. Dan Neil was dispossessed and the ball got here throughout the field for Shane Ferguson to drill previous the goalkeeper to make it 2-0.

Leeds United loanee Joe Gelhardt did make the sport attention-grabbing by thumping in a header from Luke O’Nien’s cross however Sunderland had been unable to power in an equaliser earlier than the top of the match.

While it was a disappointing efficiency on the entire for the Black Cats, one participant – particularly – who let the supervisor down badly was left-back Dennis Cirkin.

How did Dennis Cirkin carry out towards Rotherham?

The previous Spurs man was chosen forward of Aji Alese and handed an enormous alternative to show why he ought to be beginning forward of his fellow defender.

Did Sunderland deserve some extent?

Nevertheless, the 20-year-old was unable to showcase his high quality and Mowbray is probably not contemplating him to begin forward of the ex-Hammers prospect in any of the upcoming matches.

Cirkin was poor at each ends of the pitch and put in a disappointing show, notably on condition that the gem is able to placing in good performances at this stage.

The defender has received 53% of his particular person duels over the course of the Championship marketing campaign however misplaced 75% (6/8) of his battles towards Rotherham, which means that he was bodily dominated by the opposition.

The Northern Echo’s Scott Wilson was additionally important of the full-back’s efficiency. In his player ratings piece, the journalist handed him the joint-lowest rating (5) and wrote: “Had a few shaky moments and defensively and wasn’t actually in a position to supply a lot going ahead.”

By way of what the teen supplied in possession, Cirkin had fewer touches (34) than goalkeeper Anthony Patterson (46) and solely accomplished 64% of his tried passes – without making a single probability for his teammates.

The ex-Tottenham expertise was sloppy in his passing out from the again and gifted the hosts possession on too many events. He was then unable to make up for that by producing any high quality within the ultimate third.

Subsequently, the defender let Mowbray down on the evening because the supervisor supplied him an opportunity to show himself and Cirkin – each defensively and offensively – was disappointing for Sunderland.