Two-goal Tyler’s an Appy chap

SUNDERLAND 3 ........ Shots on Target ......... 3 5 ........Shots off Target ......... 7 2 ................Corners ................. 7 13 .................Fouls................... 15 2 ............... Offsides ................. 2 64.2Passing Success % .70.2 344 ...... Total Passes .........396 47.1 ......Possession % ......52.9 42.7 ..Territorial Adv % ... 57.3

to get been quite easy for him not to get in there and feel sorry for himself. But he didn’t, he dusted himself down, got on with it and got his rewards.

“It had a little bit of everything, didn’t it? Keeping a clean sheet was ke y against a side who tend to score in most games and are in good form.”

Sunderland boss Jack Ross said: “It’s not just about not playing well in possession, it’s about doing the fundamentals of the game right, which is work hard, be physical, be competitive. We got absolutely what we deserved.”

On Lincoln’s early pressure, he added: “That will often be the case when we come away from home but we’ve had a lot of experience of that over the last 15 months or so.

“You have to be strong enough to stand up to that, we didn’t do that and then didn’t react to going behind. Any criticism of me or the team, we deserve that. That is nowhere near good enough.”

far this season. We’ve defended the goal brilliantly and – to be honest – the start we’ve had has been absolutely phenomenal.” Fleetwood boss Joey Barton said: “You’ve got to take your chances when they present themselves. Ipswich created better opportunities than us. “Ipswich deserve an enormous amount of credit for the turnaround in momentum they’ve managed to create. “Our lads kept going, although Ipswich missed the chance to put the game to bed from the spot at the end, but they’re a Championship club in all but name.”