Sunderland: Michut struggled badly v Fulham

Sunderland had been knocked out of the FA Cup in an exhilarating match on the Stadium of Gentle as they had been crushed 3-2 by Premier League facet Fulham on Wednesday night time.

The away facet took the lead within the opening ten minutes as Wales worldwide Harry Wilson discovered himself free on the sting of the realm and brilliantly picked out the far nook with the skin of his left foot.

Amad Diallo got here agonisingly near equalising early on within the second half as he brilliantly jinked previous a defender within the field earlier than his strike was cleared off the road by a Fulham defender.

The Black Cats had been then hit by a sucker punch as Andreas Pereira was available to faucet the ball into an empty internet after a intelligent cutback from Aleksandar Mitrovic.

Nonetheless, Jack Clarke pulled one again with round quarter-hour left to play as the previous Tottenham ahead curled a wonderful strike into the far high nook from simply contained in the field.

Layvin Kurzawa prolonged the away facet’s lead again to 2 objectives within the 82nd minute however substitute Jewison Bennette then made it 3-2 by pouncing on a mistake on the again to smash the ball into the highest nook of Bernd Leno’s internet.

Did Sunderland need to win?

It was an open and entertaining match from begin to end and one of many causes behind that was that Sunderland’s midfield was far too open.

Edouard Michut and Dan Neil had been caught out of place and bullied bodily at instances by the Premier League facet, with the previous – specifically – struggling in the midst of the park.

The Paris Saint-Germain loanee was dominated by the opposition as he misplaced a whopping 75% (9/12) of his particular person duels, together with 100% (2/2) of his battles within the air, and this exhibits that the teen was not sturdy sufficient to deal to win the challenges that he was competing in.

As per Sofascore, Michut didn’t win a single deal with however did commit 4 fouls with that a sign that the light-weight’s defensive method was lower than commonplace, while the midfielder solely made one interception and one block and didn’t make any clearances.

The 19-year-old did full 97% of his tried passes, from 49 touches of the ball, however didn’t create a single probability for his teammates and didn’t try any lengthy passes or crosses, which signifies that {the teenager} was taking part in it secure and never progressing the play together with his passes.

Michut struggled badly all through the match and was substituted within the 72nd minute, with Sunderland scoring twice to Fulham’s one within the the rest of the sport, after making little or no affect on the match.