The Sunderland star was an ‘outstanding player’ against Newcastle

Sunderland followers have been ready for this second for 10 years as their beloved Black Cats lastly tackle arch-rivals Newcastle United on the Stadium of Gentle within the Premier League.

This match didn’t disappoint on Sunderland’s facet. Shortly after the beginning of the second half, Régis Le Bris’ facet secured bragging rights when Nick Woltemade headed dwelling Aaron Ramsdale unexpectedly.

The true thorn in Thun’s facet was the fortuitous winner for the house staff. As a result of the lofty German striker wished to be swallowed up by the bottom after beating the previous Arsenal goalkeeper with a hyperlink from a tempt at Sunderland.

The previous Stuttgart ahead’s embarrassing misjudgment grabbed the headlines on the full-time whistle, however numerous Le Bris’ first-team members additionally made standout performances, with Granit Xhaka as soon as once more proving strong within the 1-0 win.

Xhaka’s efficiency in numbers

On the finish of the sport, Sky Sports activities’ Micah Richards rightly praised the Black Cats captain as an “absolute warrior”, with the ever-present midfield warrior as soon as once more not placing a foot flawed.

Regardless of dropping the ball 16 instances, the Swiss all the time gained the ball again and accomplished 100% of his tackles.

Le Bliss could have identified that profitable the midfield battle was very important if Sunderland had been to beat Eddie Howe’s visiting facet, with Sandro Tonali and others denying tackles in opposition to the a lot stronger Xhaka.

What’s extra, the tenacious quantity 34 is used to North London derbies on the Emirates and has the know-how to win in these sorts of important conditions, earlier than Xhaka stood out from the primary minute. He had 50 touches within the first half, essentially the most of any participant, and calmly launched the ball with 43 passes.

Regardless of his greatest efforts, he was nonetheless visibly damaged when the ultimate whistle blew, but it surely should be arduous for Sunderland followers to not continually wax lyrical in regards to the Swiss warrior. However he wasn’t the one star to obtain accolades ultimately.

Sunderland star was an ‘excellent participant’

Sunderland seemed to be in management from the second Waltemade fired a shot previous his personal keeper, however the rock-solid Black Cats protection stood agency as soon as once more this season in opposition to a drained Magpies assault.

Reinild, specifically, shone on Le Bris’ left flank all through the sport, with Sky Sports activities’ Dougie Critchley hailing him as Sunderland’s “excellent participant” after a energetic first 45 minutes. Fellow journalist Andy Sixsmith additionally went out of his approach to reward the previous Atletico Madrid full-back, saying he “did not thumb his nostril” on the ropey Anthony Elanga when he was on the turf on the Stadium of Gentle.

In addition to utterly neutralizing the previous Nottingham Forest attacker, Reinild performed with the identical power and dedication that Xhaka confirmed, and the Brazilian ended up profitable the identical variety of tackles because the highly effective No. 34.

He had six wins in comparison with Xhaka’s 5 for the previous Arsenal participant, and he additionally accomplished 100 per cent of his dribbles and was a drive to push his teammates up the pitch, utterly undisturbing Newcastle’s forwards.

Reinild, who joined on a free switch in the summertime, gained the away sport in opposition to Liverpool at Anfield and will likely be seen as an unbelievable unearthed diamond.

The celebrations on the finish of the 1-0 win will dwell lengthy in Sunderland’s reminiscence as Reinild and Xhaka each jumped for pleasure and mixed their efforts to narrowly safe the three factors.

They sit a fair higher place in seventh place, 5 locations above their arch-rivals Tyneside, but it surely was really an ideal day for the Le Bris hosts as Reinild confirmed why the Frenchman ought to begin each week at left-back.