Sunderland: Pritchard let Mowbray down

Sunderland had been unable to construct upon their spectacular thrashing of Millwall final week as they misplaced out to West Bromwich Albion on the Stadium of Gentle on Monday evening.

Tony Mowbray’s facet had been hoping to earn one other three factors to place themselves in Championship play-off competition however got here unstuck towards a Baggies facet who’ve appeared a lot improved below new supervisor Carlos Corberan.

Amad Diallo was fouled contained in the penalty space within the first half and stepped as much as give the Black Cats the lead, however it was a disappointing second 45 minutes from Sunderland as they ended up shedding 2-1.

Tom Rogic equalised with a wonderful outside-of-the-foot end earlier than Daryl Dike headed the winner late on to provide the Baggies all three factors.

One participant who disenchanted within the defeat was Alex Pritchard, as the previous Huddersfield man missed a big chance to place Sunderland 2-0 up, which certainly would have seen them earn not less than some extent from the sport.

As per Sofascore, the attacking midfielder earned a surprising 6.3/10 score for his efficiency, which was the worst of any participant to function within the recreation from each groups.

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Together with lacking that large likelihood, which noticed Alex Palmer deny him after a intelligent flick from Ellis Simms, Pritchard additionally struggled with the ball on Monday evening, shedding possession 17 occasions.

Solely the 2 right-backs from both crew misplaced possession extra, which emphasises how poor he was technically towards the Baggies.

The 29-year-old, who earns £6.7k per week on the Stadium of Gentle, was bullied by the opposition far too usually, profitable solely 4 of his 14 duels on the evening, with a hit charge of simply 29%.

Whereas he’s often dependable in attacking positions, boasting five goal contributions to date this time period, he additionally wasted a variety of crosses on Monday, finishing simply three of the seven he tried, which means that he was a giant motive why Sunderland weren’t capable of construct on their lead.

Mowbray might be disenchanted that Pritchard couldn’t take that large likelihood at 1-0, because it proved essential to the Black Cats ultimately shedding the sport.