00:00A cold and dark evening in Sunderland saw the sky illuminated by the Stadium of Light.
00:05The visit of West Brom would certainly be a test for the Black Cats in an encounter
00:09heightened further by the return of Josh Madger to Wearside following his departure from Sunderland
00:14in 2019, made famous by its coverage on Sunderland Till I Die on Netflix.
00:19However, Madger nor anyone else could be the difference maker on what was a frustrating
00:24evening for both teams at the Stadium of Light. A rather predictable goalless draw was the
00:29outcome, although Sunderland did come close on a number of occasions in the second half.
00:34Chris Rigg saw an effort block from the middle of the box before Patrick Roberts saw his
00:39deft shot creep just wide. Wilson Isidor also had a goal ruled out for offside. Neither
00:44keeper had been tested though, and although the home side had been more of the threatening
00:48team and certainly were more in control of proceedings, it always seemed that a draw
00:53would be the outcome.
00:55West Brom did fashion an opportunity late on though, when Lewis Dobbin saw an effort
01:00cleared from the line by Dan Ballard, but that was the extent of their ambition.
01:05After the full-time whistle, Sunderland head coach Regis Lebris summarised what was a difficult
01:09evening for his side.
01:11A little bit disappointed and frustrated for sure. It was the main feeling in the dressing
01:17room at the end of the game. In a positive part, it shows that against such a good team,
01:26well organised with good players, it shows that we are getting better in many areas of
01:33the game. We had probably three or four chances to score and we didn't. So for many reasons
01:42for sure, but probably because we are still young, we didn't manage so well the frustration
01:50we can have in this kind of situation and lack of accuracy, lack of discipline sometimes
01:57from just a question of centimetres.
01:59The result marks Sunderland's fifth draw in a row, which is clearly a frustration, although
02:04Lebris said it was difficult to encapsulate the emotions in his camp, given that Sunderland
02:09are also on an unbeaten run.
02:11Many different scenarios. We had many different scenarios. At Millwall, it was different.
02:16At Preston, we didn't deserve to win. Against Millwall, maybe today we deserved to win.
02:23So it's still different experiences and at least it shows that we are becoming consistent
02:29and we can face different styles of play, different scenarios and we are still at the
02:35level, difficult to beat.
02:37Baggi's boss Carlos Corberán was complimentary of Sunderland in his post-match thoughts,
02:41but also praised the mentality of his own players.
02:44In the start of the game, Sunderland was much better than us. They deserved the win today
02:49with any type of doubt, but I love the mentality and the resilience of my players because in
02:55a difficult situation, they have competed again in the level that we could compete again.
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