Middlesbrough 1 Sunderland 1: Highlights after Nazariy Rusyn goal and Marcus Forss opener

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How it played out as Sunderland drew 1-1 with Middlesbrough at the Riverside Stadium in the Championship.

Sunderland came from behind to draw 1-1 with Middlesbrough at the Riverside Stadium.

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After a goalless first half, the hosts took the lead in the 61st minute after a short free-kick was eventually finished by Marcus Forss from inside the penalty area. Sunderland drew level with seven minutes remaining, though, when Nazariy Rusyn’s low effort from distance beat goalkeeper Tom Glover.

Here's how the game played out:

Middlesbrough vs Sunderland

LIVE: Middlesbrough 1 (Forss, 61) Sunderland 1 (Rusyn, 83)

Sunderland XI: Patterson, Hume, Ballard, O’Nien, Hjelde, Neil, Ekwah, Ba (Roberts, 67), Bellingham, Clarke, Burstow (Rusyn, 67)

Sub: Bishop, Seelt, Pembele Roberts, Aouchiche, Kelly, Mundle, Rusyn, Hemir

Middlesbrough XI: Glover, Ayling, Fry, van den Berg, Engel (Thomas, 84), Howson, Barlaser (O'Brien, 78), Hackney, Greenwood (Silvera, 78), Azaz, Forss (Coburn, 78)

Subs: Jones, Clarke, Dijksteel, Thomas, Gilbert, O’Brien, McNair, Silvera, Coburn

FULL-TIME: MIDDLESBROUGH 1 SUNDERLAND 1

Reaction from the Riverside

90+6' Seelt replaces Ballard

A late change.

Ballard is down after a tangle with Coburn. The Sunderland defender is holding his shoulder.

Ekwah is shown a yellow card after bringing down Silvera to stop a counter attack.

SIX minutes added time

Six minutes added on

89' Almost an own goal

Thomas almost puts the ball into his own net after Clarke's low cross from the left.

87' Clarke having more influence

Clarke is now receiving the ball more often on the left and is looking bright.

Luke Thomas has also replaced Engel for the hosts.

83' GOOOOAAAAALLLLLL!!! RUSYN!!!

Sunderland are level!

It looked like Rusyn would have too much to do after Clarke switched the ball from left to right.

Rusyn the received the ball on the edge of the box and tried his luck. The ball bounced in front of Glover, who should have done better, and found the net.

1-1!

80' Ballard heads wide

Clarke's in-swinging free-kick is met by Ballard who glanced a header wide of the far post.

Now Ayling is booked for catching Clarke as the Sunderland winger looked to cut in from the left.

78' Triple change for Middlesbrough

ON: Coburn, O'Brien and Silvera

OFF: Greenwood, Barlaser and Forss

74' Greenwood booked

Greenwood is booked for catching Ballard when trying to press from the front.

Now Forss is down for Boro.

67' Double change for Sunderland

Rusyn and Roberts replace Burstow and Ba.

67' Big chance for Greenwood

That could have been 2-0 after Engel curled a low pass forward for Greenwood but the latter couldn't divert his effort on target.

61' Goal Middlesbrough (Forss)

Middlesbrough lead.

Barlaser played a short free-kick which was worked to Greenwood, whose shot took a deflection.

The ball fell right for Forss who fired the ball past Patterson from inside the box.

1-0.

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59' Patterson fortunate

Now Patterson is fortunate not to gift Boro an opening goal. The keeper was trying to play out from the back but was quickly closed down by Forss and Greenwood. The ball went behind for a goal-kick off the former.

57' Ballard escapes a booking

Ballard just caught Hackney there as the Boro midfielder looked to turn inside the Sunderland half.

The Sunderland defender escaped a booking. Another yellow card would result in a two-match suspension for 10 bookings this season.

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