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Win lifts Sunderland off bottom
- Updated: December 17, 2016
Sunderland moved off the bottom of the Premier League table after Patrick van Aanholt’s second-half strike earned them a 1-0 victory over Watford.
The winner came just four minutes after the break, with Van Aanholt meeting Jermain Defoe’s cross to score his third goal of the season.
With Hull and Swansea both losing, victory for Sunderland means they will not be bottom at Christmas, and they now sit just one point off safety in 18th.
Defeat for Watford leaves them in the bottom half of the table following their fourth straight loss on the road.
Sunderland started the match four points from safety having lost their previous two matches, while Victor Anichebe was welcomed back to the starting line-up after passing a late fitness test.
Meanwhile, Watford were targeting a return to the top half of the table, but knew history was against them having lost four of their last five at the Stadium of Light.
In an end-to-end opening 10 minutes it was Watford who came closest to breaking the deadlock, as Nordin Amrabat’s volley from the edge of the box was kept out with an acrobatic save from Jordan …
