Jewison Bennette came off the bench to help Sunderland produce one of the close football results of the weekend in the Championship. Keinan Davis opened the scoring in the 34th minute before Aji Alese equalized in the 45th minute. An own goal from Luke O’Nien put the hosts ahead for the second time before Bennette equalized in the 87th minute.
Managers Reaction
Watford’s Rob Edwards: “I’m frustrated with the result but overall I saw a lot of positive signs today. For a 20-minute spell after half-time, I saw the team that we want to be for 90 minutes. If you look at the consistency of the performance, there are lots of good signs. But we need to maintain that consistency within games. It’s amazing how goals can change games. We got the second goal and it’s happened a few times now that we’ve scored and then switched off a bit. We want to have that intensity for the full game. I can’t fault the efforts and commitment of the players today. What I want us to learn from is that when we’re on top and in the ascendancy, we need to ride that as long as we can.”
Sunderland’s Tony Mowbray: “Jewi really can’t communicate with anyone at the club yet. He literally finds it difficult to understand anything we tell him. He just smiles at everything. That’s the same for a few of the substitutes I put on today. When they stood on a chair and sang their initiation songs, they were all in French, so they got clapped off pretty quickly. But as a club, we will help them with that and get them lessons. That’s a lot better for them than sitting in a hotel room and trying to learn it through television.”
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