Sunderland suffered their third successive league defeat as they were well-beaten by Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough.
The Black Cats' promotion challenge has hit the buffers over the last ten days, with a home defeat against Charlton Athletic followed by a 5-1 humiliation at Rotherham and now a comprehensive 3-0 reverse at the hands of the Owls.
Theo Corbeanu set Wednesday on their way early in the game, with Florian Kamberi adding the second just before half-time, and then Lee Gregory the third shortly after the break.
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Here's how James Hunter rated the Sunderland players.
Thorben Hoffmann 5
Made one good save from Kamberi, but got nowhere near any of the goals
Carl Winchester 4
Exposed multiple times down the right, although he got no help from Gooch
Tom Flanagan 4
Part of a back four that looked vulnerable every time Wednesday came forward
Callum Doyle 4
His inexperience showed as he was bullied time and again
Dennis Cirkin 4
Struggled to cope with Paterson
Corry Evans 4
Sunderland lacked leadership, and he should have been the man to provide it
Dan Neil 5
Below-par, yet one of Sunderland's better players on the night. Had a 'goal' disallowed for offside
Luke O'Nien 4
Everything he tried, failed
Lynden Gooch 4
Offered nothing and it was no surprise when he went off
Ross Stewart 5
Did his best, but was left to feed on scraps
Aiden O'Brien 4
Rarely threatened
Subs
Alex Pritchard 5
For Neil 64mins. Made little impact from the bench
Elliot Embleton 5
For Gooch 72mins. Same as Pritchard, did not influence the game
Nathan Broadhead N/A
For O'Brien 82mins.
Not used: Burge, Alves, Wright, Dajaku
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