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Van Aanholt rescues Sunderland
- Updated: October 1, 2016
Sunderland defender Patrick van Aanholt came off the bench to score seven minutes from time and salvage a 1-1 draw from the visit of West Brom.
David Moyes’ side are still searching for their first Premier League win of the campaign but the solitary point was enough to take them off the bottom, at least until Stoke play on Sunday.
West Brom are up a place to ninth but will be disappointed they could not hold on for the win, having taken the lead through Nacer Chadli in the first half.
The struggling hosts made a bright start at the Stadium of Light and put together a neat passing move in the third minute, only for the usually-reliable Jermain Defoe to pull his shot wide with just the keeper to beat, after latching onto Duncan Watmore’s through-ball.
Sunderland continued to see plenty of possession but their attacks foundered on the well-organised West Brom defence, as the visitors looked to soak up pressure before countering.
It was a strategy which worked well and Chadli drew a decent save …
