A BROADSIDE Nathan leaves it late for Cats
ALEX NEIL believes his Sunderland side were worthy winners after a last-minute goal saw them edge Gillingham.
Nathan Broadhead nodded home in stoppage time to send the Black Cats back into the League One play-off places.
The hosts Cats had plenty of chances throughout but Broadhead’s late goal saw the side move into sixth while the Gills drop to 20th, just two points above the relegation zone.
“I don’t think it’s any more than we deserved,” Neil said. “I thought the performance was very good. I know it took us until the 95th minute to score the goal, but you couldn’t be critical at the fact of how many times we got the ball in those final-third areas, how many opportunities we did create.
“We deserved to win, there’s no questions about that for me.”
However, Neil stressed his players can not afford to relax with six games remaining, adding: “There’s a long way to go, we’ve got a lot of big games coming up.
“I need to plan for the next bit and that’s what I’m going to do just now.” Gillingham manager
Neil Harris admitted conceding in the dying seconds was a big blow. He said: “It was a bit of a kick in the nuts. I thought Sunderland were excellent, at spells they made it really difficult for us to get out of our half.
“I knew it was going to be a difficult game.
“I knew it was probably going to be our hardest challenge between now and the end of the season.
“It’s tough to take when you concede last minute and it’s an avoidable goal for me, but sometimes you have to say fair play to the opponent because I thought they played very well.”