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captain Granite Zakaequalized in the second half Sunderland A point in a 1–1 draw against Everton.
bump was everton boss david moyesfirst visit of stadium of light Since he oversaw the deportation of the Wearsiders Premier League In 2017 and his current team took the lead when Iliman Ndiaye struck with his fourth league goal of the campaign after 15 minutes.
However, the hosts equalized just seconds after the break as Xhaka’s effort went wide james tarkovskyOn foot and into the net for his first goal for the club.
the draw was made Sunderland The club moved up to fourth in the table, leaving 14th-placed Everton without a win in their last three matches.
Sunderland made no changes after their 2–1 win over Chelsea, while Thierno Barrie was the only change for Everton after the defeat to Tottenham.
Former Black Cats goalkeeper Jordan Pickford He was given a warm welcome before kick-off as he came up against his boyhood club for the first time since moving there Merseyside In 2017.
He almost helped the Toffees take the lead in the game, firing a long ball up the field james garner Shot widely.
After a quick advance down the left, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall played a nice pass to Ndiaye, who blocked his shot before Barrie’s effort was parried as the Toffees enjoyed a lively start.
Nadia soon overtook them. Barrie challenged Noah Sadiki and, with no foul, the attacker immediately took advantage, ran through the home defense and fired a shot past Robin Roffs from the edge of the area.
A shaky period followed for the hosts as Everton caused problems around the box, with Jack Grealish’s strike coming back off a post.
Manchester City Looney was in action again, sending a deep cross to Barry at the back post, but the forward blasted over the bar from inside the six-yard box.
Sunderland finally began to show some attacking intent, with Lutsharel Geertuida sending a dipping effort and a scramble in the box just before the break seeing Dan Ballard’s header cleared. Michael Keane Enzo Le Fea’s curling delivery before being punched out by Pickford.
Sunderland picked up where they left off after the restart, leveling 43 seconds into the second half when Le Fee played a neat ball to Xhaka and the captain’s powerful effort deflected off the foot of Tarkowski and into the roof of the net.
His energetic start continued as Pickford was forced to save Le Fee’s deflected strike late on.
The game developed into a scrappy contest, with both sides struggling to really test any keepers, until Wilson Isidore latched onto a loose ball in the 71st minute and headed wide of the goal after firing over the bar.
Sunderland had a penalty shout for handball, which was waved away as they gradually began to threaten again, with Isidore missing a promising chance and Pickford conceding a corner after Tracy Hume’s header was mishandled.
Nordy Mukiele nodded on to Xhaka’s delivery and, as the game entered the final 10 minutes, Rouff found Vitaly Mykolenko’s powerful shot at his near post before latching onto Grealish’s teasing cross.