Summary

  • Precise Walters header gives Stoke victory

  • Adam spot-kick into corner drew hosts level

  • Bony put Swans in front after Moses tumble in the box

Live Reporting

Marc Higginson

  1. The long road back

    As bad days in the office go, I think Sunderland's is right up there. Imagine the 330-mile coach trip back.

    Did anybody dare sit within six chairs of the gaffer? Did anybody dare to ask the manager for a toilet stop? Did anybody dare to read the online match reports?

    I suspect the answer is a definitive 'no'.

  2. That sinking feeling

    Santiago VerginiGetty Images

    You wake up on a Sunday morning and it hits you. Did I really do that? Did that really happen? Oh no!

    Yes, Santiago Vergini... you really did volley a spectacular goal past your own keeper. And yes, it did lay the foundations for an 8-0 defeat.

    Unfortunately, Santiago, your name will always be spoken about in the same breath as Jamie Pollock, Chris Brass and Frank Sinclair.