Sunderland snatched a late winner to defeat Hull City in their final game of pre-season.
The Black Cats were without a number of key players and manager Lee Johnson as a result of a gastroenteritis outbreak at the club.
Nonetheless, the Wearsiders were able to field a strong side in the absence of the likes of Aiden McGeady and Lee Burge.
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The visitors started the brighter of the two sides and had two half chances but it was Sunderland who opened the scoring.
Elliot Embleton played a neat through ball to Stewart on the edge of the area and made no mistake firing into the bottom corner beyond Matt Ingram.
The Black Cats should have increased their lead ahead of the interval only to be denied by Ingram on a number of occasions.
Hull made Sunderland pay for their missed chances and equalised through Josh Magennis with 20 minutes of the game remaining.
The Hull front man got a toe to Lewie Coyle's cross to poke the ball into the bottom left-hand corner beyond Patterson.
It looked as though the game was about to end level - only for Will Grigg to snatch it at the death for the Black Cats.
You can get all the reaction from the Stadium of Light right here.
Here's how James Hunter rated the Black Cats performance against Hull:
ANTHONY PATTERSON 6
One heart-in-mouth moment, but generally did OK and made a couple of decent saves
CARL WINCHESTER 7
Another game at right-back, and did well considering it is not his natural position
TOM FLANAGAN 6
Solid enough
CALLUM DOYLE 7
Impressive at the heart of defence
DAN NEIL 6
Played left-back for an hour before moving in midfield, and did OK
LUKE O'NIEN 7
Worked hard in central midfield and his challenge started the move that led to Stewart's goal
CORRY EVANS 7
Anchored the midfield and used the ball intelligently
LYNDEN GOOCH 6
Looked good in the first half but faded, before playing the final half-hour at left-back
ELLIOT EMBLETON 8
Made the goal for Stewart, and could easily have got on the scoresheet himself.
JOSH HAWKES 6
Delivered some dangerous balls into the box
ROSS STEWART 7
Cool finish for the goal and was a handful throughout
SUBS
AIDEN O'BRIEN 6
For Evans 46mins. Lively when he came on and offered a goal threat
OLLIE YOUNGER 7
For O'Nien 63mins. A strong performance in the final half-hour
JACK DIAMOND 6
For Embleton 63mins. One or two flashes of skill wide on the left
WILL GRIGG 6
For Stewart 76mins. Scored the injury-time winner, ending his long drought in Sunderland colours
ELLIS TAYLOR 6
For Winchester 76mins. Did OK
Not used: Richardson
