Middlesbrough 1 Sunderland 1: Highlights after Nazariy Rusyn goal and Marcus Forss opener
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Sunderland came from behind to draw 1-1 with Middlesbrough at the Riverside Stadium.
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
90+5' Ballard down
Ballard is down after a tangle with Coburn. The Sunderland defender is holding his shoulder.
90+2' Ekwah booked
Ekwah is shown a yellow card after bringing down Silvera to stop a counter attack.
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.
79' Ayling booked
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' 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.
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.
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